Bangladesh made history on the soil of Pakistan. Playing with the pressure of the country's political situation, Bangladesh won the Test against Pakistan for the first time. That too by a huge margin of 10 wickets. Team Tiger took the Rawalpindi Test, which was almost a draw, with the extraordinary bowling of Shakib-Miraj.

SBS Desk

August 25, 2024

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Bangladesh's historic victory on Pakistani soil

Bangladesh made history on the soil of Pakistan. Playing with the pressure of the country's political situation, Bangladesh won the Test against Pakistan for the first time. That too by a huge margin of 10 wickets. Team Tiger took the Rawalpindi Test, which was almost a draw, with the extraordinary bowling of Shakib-Miraj.

Bangladesh stopped Pakistan's second innings for 146 runs on the fifth day of the Rawalpindi Test on Sunday. It requires only 30 runs to win. Bangladesh reached such a small target in just 6.3 overs. Zakir Hasan 15* and Sadman Islam 9* left the field winning the team.

Earlier, young pacer Hasan Mahmud gave success in the second over of the day. His ball touched the edge of Shaan Masood's (14) bat and was caught by Liton Das' gloves, but the umpire did not give out. After that, Bangladesh returned Shan Masood with a review. After that Liton took a hard catch of Babar off Shariful Islam. Babur could not survive even if he got his life. After scoring 22 runs, Nahid Rana was bowled by a brilliant yorker.

Liton Das stumped Saud Shakeel (0) off Shakib Al Hasan's ball in the next over. Then in the 33rd over, the opener Abdullah Shafiq, who scored 37 runs, was bowled by Sadman. 5 wickets not out for 104 runs. Agha Salman hit the 'golden duck' in the next over by Mehdi Miraj. Pakistan went into the mid-day break with 108 runs for 6 wickets.

At the start of the second session, Mirage took Shaheen Shah Afridi (2) LBW for the second victim. Then Shakib on the stage again. Nasim Shah (3) was caught by Mushfiqur Rahim in his whirlwind. Rizwan formed a partnership with Khurram Shehzad for the ninth wicket. This wicketkeeper batsman, the first innings centurion, completed his fifty off 70 balls and got out for 51 runs. Mehdi Miraj who took 4 wickets cut the last. Shakib took 3 wickets.

Earlier, in response to Pakistan's 448 for 6 wickets, Bangladesh's first innings stopped at 565 runs. Pakistan started the second innings trailing by 117 runs.