Team Bangladesh in action© AFP
Bangladesh unlocked a historic feat on Tuesday as they defeated Pakistan by six wickets in the second Test of the two-match series. With this win, Bangladesh swept away the the series with 2-0 scoreline, which also turned out be their first-ever clean sweep against an Asian side in their own home. Pakistan, who were keen to make a strong comeback after facing defeat in the first Test by 10 wickets, failed to live up to the expectations in the second match of the series.
This loss had some adverse effects to Pakistan’s World Test Championship standings as they remain static on the eighth position (second last) with 16 points in seven games.
On the other hand, Bangladesh are at the sixth place with 33 points in six matches. Team India is currently at the top of the table with 68.52 points in 9 games while Australia have taken the second spot with 62.5 points in 12 matches.
Talking about the match, Pakistan thought to have done well in putting a score of 274/10 on the board in the first innings, with Saim Ayyub, Shan Masood, and Agha Salman scoring half-centuries. The likes of Babar Azam (31), Abdullah Shafique (0), Saud Shakeel (16), and Mohammad Rizwan (29), however, failed to fire.
Chasing the total, Bangladesh started off poorly, losing 6 wickets for just 26 runs before Litton Das scored a counter-attacking century to take the team to a total of 262 before Bangladesh were bowled out. In the second innings, Bangladesh bowler did reasonably well, bundling out Pakistan for 172, with Hasan Mahmud claiming a 5-wicket haul.
With the bat, Bangladesh did incur a few hiccups in the second innings but comfortably chased down the target of 185 runs, with 6 wickets in hand.
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