Bangladesh took the second session

Despite failing in the first session, the Bangladeshi bowlers turned around in the second session. Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel were shown the way to the dressing room with two sets of batsmen, Shan Masood and Saim Ayyub. The hosts are under pressure after losing four batsmen in one session.

Batting first in the second Test in Rawalpindi, Pakistan scored 183 runs for the loss of 5 wickets before the second tea break. Mohammad Rizwan is unbeaten on 18 off 37 balls and Salman Agha on 0 off 4 balls. Earlier, the hosts ended the first session with 99 runs after losing 1 wicket. Among the Tiger bowlers, Taskin Ahmed and Mehdi Hasan Miraj took 2 wickets each. The other wicket belongs to Shakib.

Bangladesh started well after winning the toss and fielding. Taskin returned to the Test team after 14 months after removing Abdullah Shafiq in the first over of the innings. Shafiq went back to 0 runs in 6 balls. After that, Pakistan's batsmen did not give the tiger bowlers a chance. Masood and Ayyub took 99 runs in the team's book by dominating the first session. Masud picked up the fifty in an aggressive mood.

However, Mirage did not give him a chance to increase the score in the second session. The Pak captain was caught in the trap of leg before scoring 57 runs off 69 balls with 2 fours. Ayub, who went into the mid-day break with 43 runs, got a chance to score a fifty. He fell into the stumping trap of Mirage after scoring 58 runs off 110 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes. After that, Babar Azam and Shakeel tried to catch the lead of the team, but Shakib Al Hasan and Taskin did not give them a chance. Shakib trapped Babar, who scored 31 runs off 77 balls, leg before. Shakil was bowled by Taskin's length ball on the inside edge after scoring 16 runs from 28 balls.

Earlier the first day was abandoned due to rain. Bangladesh won the toss and decided to field on the second day. In the first test of the two-match series, the representatives of red and green are leading by 1-0 after winning by 10 wickets. Bangladesh will win the series if this test is a minimum draw.

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