2024-08-23 12:17:18
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Pakistan 1st innings, end of first day: 158/4 (41 overs)
Pakistan ended the rain-hit first day with 158 for the loss of four wickets. Pakistan won the toss and entered the field after midday break due to rain. Then they fell under the bowling cannon of Bangladesh. 3 wickets lost by 16 runs. Abdullah Shafiq (2), captain Shan Masood (6) and Babar Azam (0) went back one by one.
From there, Saim Ayyub and Saud Shakeel led the innings. They both added 98 runs for the team collection for the fourth wicket. This pair broke the team’s head of 114 runs. Sime returned with 56 runs off 98 balls with 4 fours and 1 six.
Then Mohammad Rizwan came and paired with Shakeel. The duo ended the day’s play with an unbroken 44 for the fifth wicket. Shakeel is unbeaten on 57 off 5 fours off 92 balls and Rizwan is unbeaten on 24 off 24 balls off 31 balls. Both of them will come out to bat on the second day tomorrow Thursday morning.
Hasan Mahmud and Shariful Islam of Bangladesh took two wickets each with the ball.
Shakil’s fifty, Pakistan past 150:
After Saim Ayyub, another top order batsman Saud Shakeel saw his fifty. He picked up the seventh fifty of his Test career in 83 balls with 4 fours. Pakistan crossed the 150 mark with his fifty. Mohammad Rizwan is batting for 22 runs with Shakeel.
Hasan broke the pair back to Saim:
Hasan Mahmud took the first wicket of the innings. He returned Abdullah Shafiq. After that, Shariful Islam picked up a pair of wickets to return Shan Masood and Babar Azam. After that, however, Saim Ayyub and Saud Shakeel resisted by forming a pair of 98 runs. However, pacer Hasan broke this pair by returning Saim who scored fifty on the team’s 114 runs. While beating him, Saim was caught by Mehedi Hasan Miraj in the slip. He scored 56 runs in 98 balls with 4 fours and 1 six.
Simeer’s fifty, Pakistan cross century:
Saim Ayyub and Saud Shakeel pulled Pakistan to lose three wickets in the team’s 16 runs. The pair has already added 91 runs to the team’s tally. Sime picked up a fifty. He completed his fifty in 76 balls with 4 fours and 1 six. Thanks to his 53 and Shakeel’s innings of 39 runs, Pakistan has already crossed the hundred. At the end of 28 overs, their collection was 110 for 3 wickets.
Pakistan’s resistance with the bat in Saim-Shakeel:
After losing the third wicket for 16 runs, Saim Ayyub and Saud Shakeel took control of Pakistan’s innings. They both went into the tea break with 81 runs unbroken. Sime is unbeaten on 42 with 3 fours and 1 six and Shakeel is unbeaten with 28 runs with 4 fours.
Shariful’s second victim Babur:
Pakistan lost their third wicket in 16 runs. Shariful Islam is the hunter this time. His second ball of the ninth over went inside edge and was gloved by Liton Das behind the wicket. Lytton, however, swung far to his right and took the catch. Babar returned to Sajghar with zero runs after playing 2 balls. Pakistan scored 15 runs and lost 3 wickets.
Shariful hit after Hasan:
Shariful Islam gave Bangladesh their second success in the seventh over. His delivery hit Shaan Masood’s pad and landed in Lytton’s gloves behind the wicket. The umpire did not give the first out. Then Bangladesh took the review. Even after being put on the pads, the Pakistan captain was dismissed due to technology. The third umpire, however, made a hasty decision. Shan Masood could not accept such an out. So he looks quite angry.
Great catch by Zakir, Shafiq is sent back by Hasan
Hasan Mahmud broke through at the beginning of the new ball. But Zakir Hasan’s big achievement. Abdullah Shafiq drives a full length delivery outside the off stump. The ball hits the outside of the bat and goes towards the slip cordon. Zakir jumped to the right with great speed and took an excellent catch. That left Shafiq who scored 2 runs off 14 balls.
Sadman’s return after two and a half years
Sadman Islam was not supposed to play in this Test. Mahmudul Hasan Joy’s injury opened his fate. He got a place in the eleventh. The left-handed opener got a chance in the Test XI after almost two and a half years. He last played for the national team in the tour of South Africa in March 2022.
Bangladesh XI: Nazmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Sadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Muminul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Kumar Das (wicketkeeper), Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Shariful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana.
Pakistan XI: Abdullah Shafiq, Saeem Ayub, Shan Masood (captain), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Ali, Khurram Shahzad.
Bangladesh will field after winning the toss
Rawalpindi Test is finally going to be built. Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and decided to field first. Shanta spoke of this decision hoping to exploit the advantage of the wicket.
First day will be 48 overs, toss at 3 pm
A wet outfield hampered the first day of the Rawalpindi Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan. Due to which after the first session is washed away the same is the case in the second session as well. But there is good news. The toss will be at 3 pm Bangladesh time. The game will start after half an hour at 3:30.
Tea break will be at 5:20 pm Bangladesh time. The last session will start at 5:40 PM. Also the day can be completed by adding another 30 minutes to the original time.
Another hour after the toss, the match is in danger of being washed away
Another hour passed the toss of the first day of the Rawalpindi Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan. With this, the toss time has been delayed by a total of three stages. A total of 3 hours was wasted due to wet outfield. There is a risk of losing the match. The next decision of the toss is scheduled at 2 pm.
Two teams at the midday break, swept the first session
Rawalpindi Test before the start of rain nuisance. As the field was not ready on time, no games were played in the first session. Lunch break has already been given. The umpires will visit the field again at 1 pm Bangladesh time. There is no rain in the field for now. Field drying is in progress.
Bangladesh hopes for progress
Bangladesh is not in a very comfortable place in Test cricket. Bangladesh played the last two Tests at home. Full of both. Badly lost to Sri Lanka. After a long break, when the opponent Pakistan turned around, it came to Karachi, Dhaka, Lahore, Chittagong, Khulna Tests. Where the weight of non-attainment is greater than attainment.
Bangladesh captain Shanto wants to erase such an embarrassing record ‘It’s just a record. Records can be modified. The task will not be easy though. I don’t want to do anything separately. This time we were able to prepare well. As players, we who have got the opportunity have tried to prepare well. I think we have a good chance as a team this time.’
Along with the whole team, Shanto wants to get runs with his own bat, ‘As a batsman, I always think about how to develop the skill. Whenever I practiced, I worked on any areas of lagging that could be improved. Hopefully it will help me in the match.’
The pace is eye-catching, Bangladesh is also ready
Pakistan is fielding four pacers in this match. Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Ali and Khurram Shahzad will rotate hands in Pindi’s 22 yards. Bangladesh squad includes Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana, Shariful Islam, Taskin Ahmed and Syed Khaled. The experience of the four pacers is not much. But they have the ability to challenge.
“I think our pace bowling attack has been doing really well in the last couple of years. We also have three to four quality spinners. We have the capacity to cover whatever the match requires. When we take the field tomorrow, we will make the XI based on the wicket. As he said, fast bowlers get advantage here. They are also looking forward to doing well here, in this condition.’
A battle of statistics
From 2001 to 2021, the two teams played 13 Test matches. Where Pakistan won in 12. Bangladesh managed to draw only one match.
The two teams last fought in Dhaka in 2021. Pakistan won the match by an innings and 8 runs. Earlier they also won the match in Chittagong by 8 wickets.