PAK vs BAN 2nd Test Day 1 Highlights 8-30-2024

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

Although getting a pitch that is pace-friendly proved to be challenging in the first Test, Pakistan has never hidden their desire for one. This new field will have more than a hint of grass, but in the days after the conclusion of the first Test, monsoon rain battered the city. It’s supposed to rain more during the match. Taskin Ahmed, a fast bowler, is healthy again and ought to take Nahid Rana’s spot. Bangladesh are unlikely to alter their strategy after securing one of their most memorable Test victories.

Abrar and Hamza are included in Pakistan’s 12-man team for the second Test, but Shaheen Afridi has been left out. In the first Test, Mushfiqur Rahim was perfect in the position of the senior professional. Over the course of three partnerships, he effectively exploited his powerful defensive technique to limit the freedom of movement enjoyed by the opposing hitters. After being given the opportunity to bat first by Mushfiqur, Litton Das eventually shown some form, while Shadman Islam only really began to showcase his skills during a 52-run partnership with him.

With his batting coach, Mehidy Hasan Miraz kept up his impressive form, hitting 178 balls throughout his innings. Pakistan is not going to be happy if Mushfiqur stays in this post. It has been frustrating that Babar Azam’s decline coincides exactly with the team’s dismal performance in Test matches. Pakistan is accustomed to dry spells and out-of-form players, but the reason why the finest batsman of this age is finding it difficult to reach the enormous scores that have always come naturally to him is not quite clear.

Now that the armband has been removed from him, he has no further obligations and is not plagued by any certain style of bowling or shot. In the first Test, Babar committed two fundamental unforced mistakes: a drive without using his feet to support himself and a squeeze down the leg side. Against Bangladesh, hitting home runs on level fields seems obvious, and he now has one more Test to attempt to make it right. While Pakistani cricket isn’t exactly experiencing a golden age at the moment, few anticipated the brutal blowout Bangladesh delivered them last week.

Throughout a significant portion of that Test match, Pakistan’s main source of annoyance seemed to be the possibility of a draw hindering their attempts, as skipper Shan Masood confidently said in the lead-up, to have a genuine chance at making it to the World Test Championship (WTC) final. Pakistan would lose five days later and, to make matters worse, forfeit six points for their sluggish over rates, dropping them dangerously near the bottom of the standings.

It doesn’t really matter whether they’re trying to establish themselves as the greatest Test team in the world—a home series loss to Bangladesh would bring shame of its own. In their 25 years as Full Members, Bangladesh have only won six away Test matches until this past week: two against the weaker West Indies in 2009 and two more against Zimbabwe. Having lost all four of the Tests in which he has taken leadership, Masood finds himself unexpectedly embroiled in a fight for the captaincy so soon after assuming it.

While some excellent performances against Australia during the winter may have allowed for the overall outcome to be forgotten in favor of a long-term strategy, Pakistan’s home series loss to Bangladesh will not be forgiven. The very least this red-ball team can do to maintain credibility with its supporters is to make sure they don’t hand off this Test trophy the following week, especially with a packed schedule ahead that includes the more difficult tests against South Africa and England.

Once again, the weather in Rawalpindi makes that effort difficult. Practices had to be canceled the night before the game due to rain, and additional rain was predicted for the opening day. Pakistan was hesitant to identify a spinner for the Test, selecting a 12-man team that included Abrar Ahmed and Mir Hamza as potential candidates. Masood noted that Pakistan was the more aggressive team last week; because Bangladesh just needs a draw, his team will need to figure out a method to replicate it and guarantee a better outcome.

Furthermore, what can you genuinely say about the situation Bangladesh has established for itself? The team led by Najmul Hossain Shanto outthought and outplayed the hosts by doing the fundamentals correctly. As an example, they made sure they had spinners in case they were needed on the last day, which they were. Alternatively, declaring early due to ultimately unfounded fears that it would rain—which it did not—instead than waiting until the last minute. The ten-wicket victory was as clinical as it was deserved, and they let Pakistan’s stumbles do the rest.

Though there are more significant events taking place at home, last week’s little delight was as unexpected as it was welcome. Recall that this isn’t your typical Bangladeshi team, and they didn’t enter the game with great hopes. When they arrived last week, they observed an opponent making careless mistakes and chose not to stop them. They were not coerced into playing an aggressive style of cricket or forced to do anything against their will.

For the most part of the first innings, they batted at less than three runs an over with no worries, and when Pakistan resorted to declaration bowling, they just didn’t care. Bangladesh will realize they have to wait to celebrate too much just now, even if it was possibly their best Test victory to yet. All Bangladesh might have to do is carry on from where they left off in the first Test, with one Test remaining and no indications that Pakistan would be able to create the surface they desire. Pakistan has to take the initiative, and as Bangladesh showed, they won’t be moved around too quickly.