In the first innings of the first Test against Bangladesh, Pakistan returned to the pavilion on the third day of play after scoring 386 runs, while the host team managed to take a lead of 27 runs, with debutant opener Azan Owais scoring his first Test century.

The game was ended prematurely due to poor light, Bangladesh scored 7 runs without loss in the second innings.

On the third day, Pakistan started the innings at the loss of 179 runs for one wicket, but opener Azan Owais was dismissed for 103 runs for a total score of 210.

As soon as the opener’s wicket fell, the national team’s batting line collapsed. The third wicket fell for 226 runs by captain Shan Masood, the fourth wicket fell for 227 runs by Saud Shakeel and the fifth wicket fell for 230 runs by Abdullah Fazal. Abdullah Fazal was dismissed for 60 runs, Shan Masood for 9 runs and Saud Shakil for zero.

After the hosts were bowled out for 227 for 5, Salman Ali Agha and Mohammad Rizwan rallied the team. The sixth wicket partnership between the two players was 119 runs, with Mohammad Rizwan falling for 59 runs at a score of 349 runs.

The game was stopped for a long time due to rain, when the game resumed, Salman Ali Agha returned to the pavilion after scoring 58 runs on a total score of 353. Shaheen Shah Afridi scored 13 runs, Noman Ali scored 2 runs and Hassan Ali scored 6 runs.

Spinner Mehidy Hasan took 5 wickets for 102 runs for Bangladesh.

Second Day

Pakistan started their first innings cautiously on the second day of the match played in Dhaka. The only wicket that fell for Pakistan was that of Imam-ul-Haq who was dismissed for 45 runs, his wicket was taken by Bangladesh spinner Mehidy Hasan Mirza.

Earlier, the entire Bangladesh team was dismissed for 413 runs in the first innings. The second day started the game with Mushfiqur Rahim scoring 48 and Liton Das scoring 8 runs. Bangladesh captain Najamul Hasan Shanto scored a century and scored 101 runs while Mominul Haq was outstanding with 91 runs. Mushfiqur Rahim scored 71, Liton Das 33, Mehidy Hasan Mirza 10 and Tejal Islam 17 runs among the other batsmen.

Fast bowler Mohammad Abbas bowled a devastating spell for Pakistan, taking 5 wickets, while Shaheen Afridi took 3 wickets.

After the end of Bangladesh’s innings, the match has entered an interesting phase and on the third day, Pakistan will try to first equal the score of the host team and then take the lead.

It should be noted that at the end of the first day, Bangladesh had scored 301 runs for the loss of 4 wickets.