Bangladesh got 4 wickets on a rainy day

The morning rain made the field unfit for play. Which increases the apprehension about the first day's play. Finally, the start of the game was also changed due to the delay in the toss. The Bangladeshi pacers have made great use of the additional advantage of the wet wicket. Shariful Islam-Hasan Mahmud caught the Pakistani batsmen with the new ball. Their pace and swing crumble the puck top order like a house of cards. Later, Pakistan turned around after dealing with that disaster.

At the end of the first day in the Rawalpindi Test, Pakistan collected 158 runs with the loss of 4 wickets in 41 overs. Saud Shakeel is on the wicket with 57 runs and the other unbeaten batsman Mohammad Rizwan collected 24 runs.

Shariful Islam got a great swing with the new ball. Hasan Mahmood also kept the line-length and squeezed the Pakistani batsmen early on. Bangladesh did not have to wait long to get the first breakthrough in controlled bowling.

Hasan Mahmud bowled the third ball of the fourth over of the innings outside off stump. Abdullah Shafiq batted standing in the slot, due to lack of proper timing, the ball went to the foul, Zakir Hasan who was standing there palmed the ball. Pakistan's opening pair was broken by 3 runs as Shafiq departed for 2 runs after playing 14 balls.

Shariful returned Shan Masood in the 7th over. Masud wanted to play this left-arm pacer's back-of-length ball towards mid-off, the ball hit the edge of the bat and fell into the wicketkeeper's gloves. But the umpire did not respond to the strong request, the review was calm. It can be seen that the ball touched the edge of the bat and accumulated in the gloves, as a result the umpire was forced to change the decision. Masud returned with 6 runs off 11 balls.

Babar Azam came to the wicket after losing two quick wickets. The experienced batsman had the responsibility to pull the team. But could not. Shariful bowled the second ball of the ninth over of the innings outside the leg stump. Babar was caught behind the wicket by the outside edge of that short length ball. This former captain has returned after being called.

Pakistan was in trouble after losing 3 wickets for 16 runs. Saud Shakeel and Saim Ayyub pulled the team from there. The two young batsmen brought the team back into the match with a fourth-wicket partnership. Saim picked up a personal fifty. But he could not go far after reaching the milestone. Hasan broke the pair of 98 runs by returning this opener who scored 56 runs.

After that, Shakil spent the rest of the day safely with Mohammad Rizwan. Hasan and Shariful got two wickets each for Bangladesh.

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