Opener Abid Ali missed a century by 9 consecutive runs however Pakistan chased down the 202-run goal with ease as they beat Bangladesh by eight wickets within the first Test on Tuesday.
Abid and Abdullah Shafiq placed on a 151-run partnership for the primary wicket, their second consecutive 100-plus rating within the match to provide Pakistan’s goal a robust begin. Abid, who scored 133 within the first innings, scored 12 fours and 91 runs in 148 balls within the second innings.
Resuming Day 5 with no loss at 109, and simply 93 runs away from victory, the Pakistan opener gave the impression to be in full management till off-spinner Mehdi Hasan hit.
Shafiq scored 73 in his first innings half-century, earlier than Mehdi (1-59) dismissed him lbw.
Seven overs later, left-arm spinner Taijul Islam (1-89) dismissed Abid lbw, giving him a pointy flip to scale back Pakistan to 171-2.
Azhar Ali together with skipper Babar Azam accomplished the inevitable, hitting successive fours off Mehdi to finish the sport. Azhar was unbeaten on 24 and Azam on 13.
Liton Das’ maiden Test century helped Bangladesh submit 330 of their first innings, then Taijul Islam claimed 7–116 to bowl Pakistan out for 286 – giving the hosts 44 within the first innings Got an edge.
Fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi performed a key position in Pakistan’s rally, returning figures of 5-32 to bundle out Bangladesh’s second innings for 157 runs.
The second Test begins in Dhaka from Saturday.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
