Chittagong : In the first match of the two-Test series between Pakistan and Bangladesh, the Pakistani openers batted confidently in reply to the hosts’ 330 runs.
The second day’s play ended today in the match being played at Zahoor Ahmed Stadium in Chittagong in which Pakistan scored 145 runs without any loss.
National team openers Abid Ali and Abdullah Shafiq batted confidently and formed an excellent partnership and both scored half-centuries. Abdullah Shafiq scored a half-century in his debut match.
Abdullah Shafiq (52) and Abid Ali (93) are not out while Bangladesh has a 185-run lead over Pakistan.
Bangladesh batting
Earlier, when Bangladesh started their first incomplete innings, Lytton Das was batting at 113 and Mushfiqur Rahim at 82. In the second over of the crucial game, Hassan Ali added a run to Lytton Das, who had scored a century the previous day. After LBW on 114 runs. Lytton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim shared 206 runs.
The next batsman Yasir Ali was also bowled by Hassan Ali for 4 runs while Mushfiqur Rahim scored 91 runs and was caught behind the wickets on the ball of Faheem Ashraf. The entire team of Bangladesh was bowled out for 330. Hassan Ali bowled five wickets while Shaheen Shah Afridi and Faheem Ashraf took two wickets each. One wicket went to Sajid Khan.
On the first day of the game, Bangladesh scored 253 runs for the loss of 4 wickets due to responsible batting of Lytton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim.