PAK vs BAN 1st Test Day 5 Highlights 8-25-2024

Watch cricket video highlights of Bangladesh of Pakistan 2024 first test between Pakistan vs Bangladesh. Venue of the match will be Rawalpindi.

In the first session of the last day, Bangladesh’s bowlers claimed five wickets to increase their chances of winning an uncommon away Test match. With two sessions remaining, they leveraged the confidence that Mushfiqur Rahim’s 191 strokes on Saturday infused into their campaign to get the upper hand. Pakistan was nine behind with just four wickets remaining after losing Saim Ayub to Shoriful Islam on the fourth evening. Later in the morning, Bangladesh’s other spinners combined to remove five more frontline batsmen in a span of 26 overs.

Due to the overs lost to rain on the first day, the two remaining sessions will be prolonged. At 65 for 2, Pakistan were quite stable until they lost a quick succession of wickets, which included the dismissal of Babar Azam for 22. Ducks were also caught by Agha Salman and Saud Shakeel. When Babar edged one on only his second ball of the day, early in the morning, Litton Das could have held on to the diving grab to his right and bashed a couple as well.

With a few runs and boundaries, Babar gained confidence, but after he was caught for 22, the hosts were in serious danger as Shakeel, Abdullah Shafique, and Agha Salman succumbed to the spin combo of Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Shakib Al Hasan. The ball, which was almost 10 years old, wasn’t swinging as much in the morning as it had the night before, but Shan Masood was dismissed early after edging a ball behind Hasan Mahmud outside off. As in the previous innings, Bangladesh reviewed and saw the judgment reversed due to a spike on UltraEdge, which infuriated Masood once more. The on-field umpire had not given it out.

Babar removed Shoriful with a mere two balls later, but Litton was unable to repeat the diving catch he had made in the first innings, albeit one that was down leg. Remaining composed at the other end, Babar punished a few of the wayward deliveries that followed for boundaries, seizing the opportunity. Nevertheless, fast bowler Nahid Rana picked up the tempo to create an opening because his footwork wasn’t at its best. He repeatedly hit Babar with short balls that traveled faster than 145 kmph, forcing him to cover ground.

He next threw one up outside off, which Babar couldn’t get his feet to move fast enough to avoid, and it was chopped on for 22. With stump-to-stump lines, Shakib restrained Pakistan from the other end, and the pressure paid off in the following over when Shakeel attempted to navigate the turn but failed and was left stumped for a duck. Although the playing conditions were the same as they had been the day before, Bangladesh’s intention in altering their bowling strategy and field placements was what allowed them to take wickets.

Even though it was risky, Pakistan’s first-innings centurion, Mohammad Rizwan, stepped out and erased a significant portion of that deficit with a counterattacking innings when his team was still behind by fifty runs. When the fast erred with his lengths, he hit a slightly fatigued Nahid with a hat-trick of fours. He also almost chopped on in the same over when he went after a delivery with firm hands, despite the fact that it remained slightly low.

The following over saw 26 runs scored in two overs thanks to boundaries from Shafique (44) and Rizwan (slog sweep) on a short ball from Shakib (16). This reduced the margin to just 16 runs. Shafique, who had been patient on the other end, then gave up the wicket, giving Bangladesh the upper hand once more. He moved down the pitch and attempted a heave over mid-off with little over three overs remaining for lunch, only to give Shadman Islam a leading edge at backward point.

Mehidy, the guy who had taken Nahid’s position, produced an enticing offbreak two balls later, drawing Salman, the new batsman, forward to defend and drawing his outside edge. Salman’s stay was short lived as Shadman made a clean catch at slip with a dive to his left this time. Before lunch, a more reserved Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi completed the final 16 deliveries, but not without some difficult moments.

After a boisterous LBW shout against Shakib, Afridi made it through a review in which ball-tracking revealed the twisting ball was heading past his stumps. In the latter stages of the session, Rizwan also had a stumping appeal against him, but his foot was within the crease. Pakistan, who hasn’t won a Test match at home since February 2021, is currently facing another loss. They have since suffered four losses and five draws.