Pakistan retaliated strongly and reached 145 for no loss after pacer Hasan Ali claimed 5-51 to bowl Bangladesh out for 330 on the second day of the opening Test on Saturday.
Opener Abid Ali and debutant Abdullah Shafiq batted comfortably within the second and third periods to cut back the deficit to 185 runs.
Abid, who reached the 1000-run mark in his fifteenth Test, accomplished his fourth century and Shafiq, who remained unbeaten on an unbeaten 93 on the stumps as a consequence of poor gentle, made a nervous begin to finish the day on 52 not out.
Abid first hit three boundaries as Shafiq struggled to get off the mark. Shafiq flicks off midwicket for four-time pacer Abu Zayed and strikes on with confidence. Abid was fluent in his strategy and noticed off-spinner Mehdi Hasan for a pair to finish his third half-century off 84 balls.
Shafiq accomplished his half-century with the assistance of occasional bowler Mominul Haque. Earlier, quick bowler Hasan Ali had dashed Bangladesh’s hopes of racking up an enormous whole.
Ali broke Bangladesh’s resistance within the first session as the house facet resumed on 2534. He single-handedly took 4 wickets on the second day, with Bangladesh including simply 77 runs for the remaining six wickets.
Overs: 2⃣0️⃣.4⃣
Run: 5️⃣1️
Wicket: 5️
Econ: 2️⃣.4⃣6️⃣good bowling @ RealHa55an I
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Ellis’s sixth five-wicket haul was nicely complemented by his new-ball associate Shaheen Shah Afridi, who returned figures of 270 and medium-pace Faheem Ashraf 254.
Liton Das scored 114 for Bangladesh after scoring his maiden century and Mushfiqur Rahim scored 91 runs. Mehdi Hasan remained unbeaten on 38. Liton began the day with 113. determination to reverse the assessment
Debutant Yasir Ali spent some nervous moments within the crease and was saved with a leg earlier than being reviewed by Pakistan. However, he hit a boundary on the 14th in worldwide cricket with a canopy drive off Afridi.
But Ali examined him with brief deliveries and finally shattered his stumps with a ball that jumped rapidly. Bangladesh relied on an unbeaten Mushfiqur all through the night time to safe the staff and he confidently carried Afridi to a boundary by way of backward level.
Medium pacer Ashraf shook the ball nicely and took an edge off him as Mushfiqur reviewed the choice, 9 runs in need of his eighth century in useless. After shedding three wickets for simply 23 runs, a lot wanted resistance got here from Mehdi Hasan, who guided the decrease order between well-directed brief ball barrages from Afridi and Ali.
Hasan Ali cleans the tail to finish the innings.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
