Rahul Tiwari
khelja|22-08-2024
Pakistan : The first match of the Test series was played between Pakistan and Bangladesh (PAK VS BAN) at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium from 21 August. In this match, Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Batting first, Pakistan lost its first 3 wickets for just 16 runs. After which the so-called Dhoni of the Pakistan team played a century innings for his country and led the team to a winning target of 448 runs at the end of the first innings.
Now it seems that with this move of captain Shan Masood, Pakistan's team has gone far ahead of Bangladesh in the match and now at the end of the second day's play, it seems that Pakistan's team will easily win the match.
At the end of the first day's play, Pakistan's score was 158 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. After which, when Pakistan's team came out to bat in the match on the second day, the team's wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel worked to increase the team's score.
Mohammad Rizwan, batting at number 6 for the Pakistan team, scored 171 runs in 231 balls and played an important role in taking his team to the score of 448 runs in the first innings.
Before the end of the first day's play, the score of the Pakistan team was at one point 114 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. After which Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel, who came to bat on the field, played a match winning partnership of 240 runs for the fifth wicket for Pakistan.
During this partnership, not only Mohammad Rizwan, who is considered as Pakistan's so-called Dhoni, scored runs but young batsman Saud Shakeel also played an innings of 141 runs. It was due to the partnership of these two star players that Pakistan's team was able to score 448 runs in their innings and invite Bangladesh to bat.
Pakistan captain Shan Masood declared his innings at 448 and sent Bangladesh in to bat in the final hour of the second day.
Bangladesh's opening batsmen looked helpless against Pakistan's fast bowlers and when the umpire signaled the end of the second day's play, by that time Bangladesh's score was 27 runs without losing any wicket. After which Pakistan's team seemed to be far ahead in the match till the end of the second day's play.