Bangladesh lost their first three wickets for 22 runs in 10.1 overs at tea on Day 4 of the Dhaka Test, after Pakistan declared their first innings at 300 for four looking to force a result in the remaining five-and-a-half sessions of play.
Pakistan lost overnight batsmen Azhar Ali (56) and Babar Azam (76) early on the fourth morning of the Dhaka Test, but Fawad Alam (19*) and Mohammad Rizwan (26*) took them to 242 for four at lunch.
Play on the fourth day of the second Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan resumed at 10:50am, with a total of 86 overs scheduled to be played on the day.
Not a single action took place on the third day of the second Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur as the day’s play was called off as early as 2:00pm today due to continuous rain triggered by the weakened cyclone Jawad.
Persistent light rain has kept the start of the third day of the Mirpur Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan on hold.
Rain and bad light delayed the second day's start of the second Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan in Dhaka on Sunday.
The opening day's play of the second Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan has been called off prematurely due to bad light at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.
Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat first against Bangladesh in the second of their two-Test series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.
Bangladesh will play the second Test against Pakistan tomorrow at Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium and the Tigers will be eager to bounce back from the defeat in the first Test at Chattogram with the visitors 1-0 up in the Two-Test series. Ahead of the match, the nature of the pitch was a big focal point in captain Mominul Haque’s press conference today.
After a prolonged time spent with the national squad, Yasir Ali Chowdhury finally earned his much-awaited Test debut for Bangladesh in the first of the two-match Test series against Pakistan. And as the match was staged at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram, Yasir had the opportunity to make a dream start in Test cricket at his hometown.