Mehidy and Mushfiqur shine in Bangladesh's historic first-ever Test victory over Pakistan.
Mehidy and Mushfiqur shine in Bangladesh's historic first-ever Test victory over Pakistan.
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| Through four wickets in Pakistan's second innings, Mehidy Hasan Miraz |
Pakistan 448 for 6 dec (Rizwan 171*, Shakeel 141) and 146 (Rizwan 51, Mehidy 4-21, Shakib 3-44) were defeated by Bangladesh 565 (Mushfiqur 191, Naseem 3-93) and 30 for 0 (Zakir 15*) by 10 wickets.
The last day was all about romping to victory, if the fourth day was about Bangladesh gradually tightening their hold on the match. Following the removal of three of the top four Pakistani batsmen by the fast bowlers, the ball began to turn more than it had on Saturday, and Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Shakib Al Hasan shared the final seven wickets.
Shakib suppressed with his stump-to-stump lines from both sides of the wicket, Nahid Rana, a young fast bowler, picked up pace to over 150 kmph to trap Babar Azam, and Mehidy hit with his quick offbreaks to frequently create uncomfortable situations and opportunity to take wickets.
The ball wasn't swinging as much as it had the night before, but Bangladesh's quicks laid the stage for their victory in the opening session. Shan Masood was out early after he edged Hasan Mahmud to the wicketkeeper on the fourth day, after Saim Ayub had already been removed. After a spike on UltraEdge, Bangladesh reviewed and saw the decision reversed, even though the on-field umpire had not given it out.
With a few runs and boundaries, he gained confidence, but Nahid saw his poor footwork and planned his downfall. He frequently hit Babar with short balls that traveled faster than 145 kmph, forcing him to bat on the back foot. However, when he pitched one up outside off, Babar's feet failed to adjust rapidly enough, allowing him to chop on for 22 thanks to his drive. That began the run of wickets that was only momentarily stopped by Rizwan's counterattacking innings prior to the lunch break.
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| On the surface, Mohammad Rizwan was a class apart. To negate Shakib's turn, Saud Shakeel went forward, but he missed and was left stranded for a duck. With little over three overs remaining before lunch, a patient Abdullah Shafique eventually gave away his wicket. He tried a crazy shot over mid-off, but at backward moment he gave Shadman Islam the upper hand. After two balls, Mehidy teased Agha Salman by drawing him forward with a luring offbreak and then dragged his edge, but Shadman again took a brilliant catch at slip. Between, Rizwan removed a significant portion of the 50-run disadvantage he had when he stepped out by hitting four boundaries on either side of the wicket. He used a hat-trick of fours to assault a slightly weary Nahid, and then he At that point, Pakistan was 111 for 7, still six behind. They got ahead, but Naseem Shah quickly gave a catch to midwicket, and Rizwan assumed responsibility for establishing some kind of lead with his ninth half-century in Test cricket. Throughout his innings, he was hitting the ball hard, which led to his wicket when he chopped off Mehidy, who also trapped Mohammad Ali to finish the hosts off.
Then, Shadman and Zakir Hasan made sure Bangladesh crossed the finish line unharmed. With a sweep down to the empty fine-leg fence, Zakir hit the winning runs after hitting three fours in his 14 balls.
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