Bangladesh leads 2nd Test after rain ends day four

In the second Test at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Monday, Bangladesh scored 42 runs against Pakistan’s 185. Bangladesh leads 2nd Test after rain ends day four. On day four, rain stopped play. Zakir Hasan smashed 31 off 23 balls and Shadman Islam scored 9* in the run chase. Bangladesh must score 143 runs to win the second Test and series. Hasan Mahmud and Nahid Rana, two fast bowlers, claimed five and four wickets to help Bangladesh overcome Pakistan by 172 runs.

Bangladesh leads 2nd Test after rain ends day four

Starter Saim Ayub and skipper Shan Masood added 38 runs to the home team’s 9/2 score. Taskin Ahmed fired Ayub first. He scored 20 off 35 balls.Masood scored 28 off 34 balls before Rana got him out. Immediately firing Babar Azam (11) and Saud Shakeel (2) worsened Pakistan’s situation.

Babar had not reached a Test fifty in 16 innings. His decline persisted. Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Ali Agha assisted in the back. They eliminated the seventh out with 55 runs. Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hasan Shanto saved Mahmud by eliminating Rizwan and Mohammad Ali twice.

Rizwan smacked five fours and 43 runs off 73 balls. Met 12 balls for two, Abrar Ahmed left. Pakistan’s score was 172 when Mahmud dismissed Mir Hamza (4). Unbeaten at 47, Salman struck crucial runs for Pakistan. Mahmud earned his first Test fifer.

He was the first Bangladeshi fast bowler to take this many wickets in Pakistan. On day three, opener Abdullah Shafique was bowled out for 3 runs and night watchman Khurram Shahzad for 0. Litton Das scored 138 and Mehidy Hasan Miraz 78 on Sunday to help Bangladesh recover from a precarious situation and reach 262 runs before going out. Shahzad took six wickets on the second test’s third day.

Bangladesh was 26-6 after Pakistan’s 274-run first innings. Das and Miraz’s 165-run seventh-wicket stand saved them from losing due to early fast bowling. Das struck 13 fours and four sixes in 228 balls. Miraz, who dismissed Pakistan with five wickets, smashed 12 fours and one six. Bangladesh leads the two-match series 1-0 after winning the first Test match by 10 wickets.