Last Updated on 03/09/2024 by Arun jain
Bangladesh cricket team won the historic Test series 2-0 against Pakistan with a six-wicket win in the second and final match of the tour on Tuesday.
Chasing 185 runs to win in Rawalpindi, the tourists chased down their target in the afternoon session of the final day. 10-wicket win in opening Test at the same place. That match was Bangladesh’s first Test win against Pakistan.
Zakir Hasan scored 40 off just 39 balls at the top of the innings in Bangladesh’s successful chase to give Pakistan little hope of a comeback. The 26-year-old’s innings included three fours and two sixes in a 58-run opening partnership with Shadman Islam.
The winning moment perhaps came fittingly, with a cover drive to Abrar Ahmed by Shakib Al Hasan, who put on an unbeaten fifth-wicket partnership of 32 with Mushfiqur Rahim to settle any nerves after the fall of Mominul Haq with the score 153-4.
Bangladesh’s first innings was rescued by Liton Das’ 136, with Mehidi Hasan Miraz sharing a 165-run partnership for the seventh wicket, as his team were bundled out for 26-6 in reply to the hosts’ 274. After Mehidi’s 78 runs, the ball took five wickets
Pakistan, who saw three batsmen reach half-centuries in their first innings, were bowled out for 172 in their second innings as batting woes from the first match continued to haunt them. Hasan Mahmud was the main tormentor with 5-43, while Naheed Rana claimed 4-44.
The two series losses extend Pakistan’s barren run in red-ball cricket at home to six defeats and four draws since a win against South Africa in Rawalpindi in 2021.
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