Bangladesh pick 5 as Hasan Mahmood demolishes Pakistan in Rawalpindi
Bangladesh rattled Pakistan with some blazing fast bowling in the second innings of the match. Bowling on Day 4 of the Test match, Bangladesh bowled out Pakistan for just 172 to set themselves a target of 185 in the second and final Test of the series in Rawalpindi. Hasan Mahmood and Nahid Rana were the two architects of Bangladesh on Monday, 2nd September as the pair shared 9 wickets between them. Senior pacer Taskin Ahmed took the single wicket of Saim Ayyub in the innings.
Hasan Mahmood was the first five-wicket star in Tests. He was supported by Nahid Rana, who was sensational with his line and length and picked up the key wickets of Shan Masood, Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel, wiping out the entire middle order of the Pakistan team.
Nahid’s bouncer even hit Mohammad Rizwan on the head and forced the batsman out of action when Pakistan came to bowl in the last innings of the match.
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Bangladesh came out to bat in the last session of the fourth day. Zakir Hasan and Shadman Islam scored aggressive runs in the first 6 overs of the final innings. With rain expected to affect the final day of the match, Bangladesh knew they would need to score runs to sweep the series cleanly.
Bangladesh have already won the first Test of the series – their first Test on Pakistani soil. Nazmul Shantar’s side will look to win the second match well to clinch their first Test series against Pakistan. The hosts have been widely criticized by fans and pundits for their humble showing in the series. After complaining about the flat nature of the wicket in the first Test, Pakistan were stunned when spinners Shakib Al Hasan and Mehdi Hasan ran through the Miraj team in the last innings of the game. In the second Test, Bangladesh’s pace battery pushed the team.
At the time of writing, tea was called on Day 4 of the second Test in Rawalpindi, Bangladesh 37/0 in 6 overs. Before the match, Bangladesh bowled out Pakistan for 274 runs and then scored 262 runs. Liton Das and Mehdi Miraj formed a heroic partnership to save Bangladesh from 26/6 in the first innings of the match.
Bangladesh need 148 runs to win with 10 wickets in hand.
