Off- rewriter Mehidy Hasan Miraz got hold of 5 arches to aid Bangladesh skittle Pakistan for 274 on the 2nd day of the 2nd Test in Rawalpindi on Saturday.
The 26-year-old videotaped his 10th five-wicket take Tests to top a great day for the visitors, that are aiming to win just their 3rd away collection.
Bangladesh completed the day on 10-0 regardless of opener Shadman Islam being come by Saud Shakeel off Mir Hamza on the initial sphere of the innings.
But it was Bangladesh’s bowlers that guided them to a solid setting.
Mehidy rejected Pakistan captain Shan Masood for 57 and opener Saim Ayub for 58 after the home group had actually been well-placed on 99-1 at lunch.
He created match-turning numbers of 4-21 in Bangladesh’s 10-wicket win in the initial Test a week earlier, and arrested Khurram Shahzad for 12 and afterwards Mohammad Ali and Abrar Ahmed to finish the innings with 5-61.
Mehidy was competently helped by quick bowler Taskin Ahmed, that took 3-57.
Agha Salman, went down on nought by Zakir Hasan off Shakib Al Hasan, was Taskin’s 3rd arch after racking up 54 with 3 borders and 2 6s.
Taskin stated he enjoyed to be back in the longer layout of Test cricket.
“It’s a good sporting pitch and we need to bat the full day and get a good lead,” Taskin stated.
“It’s great to be back in red ball (cricket) after one-and-a-half years. I enjoyed that and adapted well.”
Salman stated the pitch was much better than the initial Test track and ought to offer aid for the spin bowlers.
“Unlike the first Test, this wicket has lively grass and I believe we have enough runs,” he stated.
Desperate for a win to level the two-match collection, Pakistan began well yet shed arches at normal periods to plunge from a reasonably solid 107-1 on a green yet sluggish Rawalpindi pitch.
Taskin bowled initial Test centurion Saud Shakeel for 16, the left-hander having currently endured a gone down catch by Mehidy off Nahid Rana on one.
Babar Azam, Pakistan’s ideal batter, dropped leg-before to rewriter Shakib Al Hasan for 31, having actually currently gone 15 Test innings without a half-century.
The initial day’s use Friday was rinsed as a result of rainfall yet Pakistan shone with strong batting in the initial session.
Masood, under stress after ratings of 6 and 14 in the initial Test, struck 2 borders prior to he dropped leg-before to Mehidy in the 3rd over after the lunch break.
Fellow left-hander Ayub was extra hostile, striking 2 6s and 4 borders prior to he was puzzled by wicketkeeper Liton Das off Mehidy.
Taskin, generated for the unsuited Shoriful Islam as Bangladesh’s just modification, bowled Abdullah Shafique for nought off the 6th sphere of the suit.
Bangladesh’s 10-wicket win in the initial Test, likewise in Rawalpindi, was their initial over Pakistan in 14 efforts.
Pakistan made 2 modifications from the initial Test, relaxing spearheads Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah to generate rate bowler Hamza and rewriter Abrar Ahmed.
The two-match collection belongs to the World Test Championship, with Pakistan currently placed 8th and Bangladesh 7th in the nine-team table.
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