Wet outfield, delay in toss sport

After a long time, Bangladesh is entering the cricket field in white clothes. Nazmul Hussain Shantor's team faces Pakistan in Rawalpindi in the first Test of the two-match series in the ongoing cycle of the Test Championship. Bangladesh wants to erase the memory of the whitewash against Sri Lanka in the last series in Rawalpindi. New beginnings target red-green representatives.

toss
The match has not yet been tossed. The toss is delayed as the outfield is wet.

Bangladesh hopes for progress
Bangladesh is not in a very comfortable place in Test cricket. Bangladesh played the last two Tests at home. Full of both. Badly lost to Sri Lanka. After a long break, when the opponent Pakistan turned around, it came to Karachi, Dhaka, Lahore, Chittagong, Khulna Tests. Where the weight of non-attainment is greater than attainment.

Bangladesh captain Shanto wants to erase such an embarrassing record 'It's just a record. Records can be modified. The task will not be easy though. I don't want to do anything separately. This time we were able to prepare well. Players, we who got the opportunity tried to prepare well. I think we have a good chance as a team this time.'

Along with the whole team, Shanto wants to get runs with his own bat, 'As a batsman, I always think about how to develop the skill. Whenever I practiced, I worked on any areas of lagging that could be improved. Hopefully it will help me in the match.'

The pace is eye-catching, Bangladesh is also ready
Pakistan is fielding four pacers in this match. Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Ali and Khurram Shahzad will rotate hands in Pindi's 22 yards. Bangladesh squad includes Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana, Shariful Islam, Taskin Ahmed and Syed Khaled. The experience of the four pacers is not much. But they have the ability to challenge.

“I think our pace bowling attack has been doing really well in the last couple of years. We also have three to four quality spinners. We have the capacity to cover whatever the match requires. When we take the field tomorrow, we will make the XI based on the wicket. As he said, fast bowlers get advantage here. They are also looking forward to doing well here, in this condition.'

A battle of statistics
From 2001 to 2021, the two teams played 13 Test matches. Where Pakistan won in 12. Bangladesh managed to draw only one match.

The two teams last fought in Dhaka in 2021. Pakistan won the match by an innings and 8 runs. Earlier they also won the match in Chittagong by 8 wickets.