{"id":13749,"date":"2021-11-30T07:12:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T07:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/?p=13749"},"modified":"2021-11-30T07:12:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T07:12:06","slug":"pak-vs-ban-pakistan-thrash-bangladesh-by-8-wickets-in-first-test-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/2021\/11\/30\/pak-vs-ban-pakistan-thrash-bangladesh-by-8-wickets-in-first-test-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Pak vs Ban: Pakistan thrash Bangladesh by 8 wickets in first Test match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Pakistan skipper Babar Azam and veteran batsman Azhar Ali saw the Men in Green through to their first victory over Bangladesh in the two-match Test series, as the visitors trounced the hosts by eight wickets Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"medium-insert-embeds\" contenteditable=\"false\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"medium-insert-embed\">\n<div id=\"1465555283112042496\" class=\"embed_external_url tweetPost\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=Web%20Desk&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1465555283112042496&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geo.tv%2Flatest%2F385035-pak-vs-ban-pakistan-poised-for-easy-victory-against-bangladesh&amp;sessionId=a7ba283f3b6b9199606b82cf1a0dfc8a0f793fe0&amp;siteScreenName=geonews_english&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=f001879%3A1634581029404&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1465555283112042496\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"medium-insert-embeds-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\">Pakistan were poised to win the match comfortably after openers Abid Ali and Abdullah Shafique scored half-centuries to build a solid foundation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Bangladesh&#8217;s spin magician Taijul Islam trapped Abid Ali lbw on 91 runs while Abdullah Shafique was dismissed the same way by Mehidy Hasan on 73.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">However, stable partnership between Azhar Ali, who scored 24 and skipper Babar Azam, who made 13, ensured Pakistan&#8217;s win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">At stumps on Day 4, Pakistan finished at 109-0, needing only 93 runs on the final day.<\/p>\n<p>Ali was 56 not out at the end of play, adding to his first-innings score of 133, while debutant Shafique finished unbeaten on 53.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Test cricket, a fourth day is very crucial,&#8221; Shafique had said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our plan today was to restrict them for the lowest total possible so that we can easily chase it down. This is what we were trying and we were successful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fast bowler Shaheen Afridi earlier claimed 5-32 to help Pakistan bowl out Bangladesh for 157 runs in their second innings despite wicketkeeper-batsman Liton Das scoring a fighting fifty.<\/p>\n<p>Resuming on 39-4, Bangladesh looked down and out once they lost Mushfiqur Rahim in the first over of the day, before Liton, who struck a hundred in the first innings, hauled the hosts back to respectability with 59 off 89 balls.<\/p>\n<p>Afridi trapped Liton leg-before and then had Abu Jayed out for a duck to complete his fourth five-wicket Test haul.<\/p>\n<p>Off-spinner Sajid Khan, who finished with 3-33, wrapped things up by dispatching Taijul Islam.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts had got off to a positive start with Mushfiqur hitting a boundary off the first ball of the morning, bowled by Hasan Ali.<\/p>\n<p>But two balls later he left a delivery that darted back in and departed for 16 after Hasan uprooted his off-stump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan skipper Babar Azam and veteran batsman Azhar Ali saw the Men in Green through to their first victory over Bangladesh in the two-match Test series, as the visitors trounced the hosts by eight wickets Tuesday. 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