Bangladesh is hoping to win the Rawalpindi Test

Bangladesh, who took a 117-run lead in the first Test of the series in Rawalpindi, raised hopes of a win after losing the hosts' sixth wicket on the fifth and final day on Sunday.

The hosts went into the lunch break with 108 for 6 in 36 overs. Mohammad Rizwan 21 and Shaheen Shah Afridi 1 run unbeaten. Pakistan is behind by 9 runs in two innings.

Pakistan declared the first innings with 448 runs for 6 wickets. Later, Bangladesh lost all wickets and built a maund of 565 runs, which is the third highest in their Test history and the highest team total against Pakistan. Mushfiqur Rahim scored 191 runs. Besides, Sadman Islam, Muminul Haque, Liton Das and Mehdi Hasan Miraj scored fifty.

Shariful Islam returned Pakistan opener Saim Ayyub on the fourth day on Saturday afternoon. This morning, Faran Hasan Mahmud caught Shan Masood in the hands of the wicketkeeper. Then young pacer Nahid Rana bowled Babar Azam. The fall of the fourth wicket at home is in the spin of Shakib Al Hasan. Saud Shakeel fell into the trap of stamping his ball.

Mohammad Rizwan came in and batted Marmukhi and Pakistan crossed the hundred by taking the fifth wicket. That's when Shakib hit again. He returned Abdullah Shafiq to the dressing room. Sadman Islam caught at backward point. In the next over, Mehdi Hasan Miraj came and dismissed the new batsman Agha Salman. Sadman took a great catch at slip.

Pakistan is still 9 runs behind Bangladesh. There are still two full sessions of day play left. It is not impossible for Bangladesh to win this Test if they can quickly pick up the remaining 4 wickets of the opponent.

Rather, if Bangladesh does not win in the current picture of the Test, it will be a failure.

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