Pakistan v Bangladesh: Lytton Das's Century, Double Century Partnership with Mushfiqur
Lytton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim have shared 204 runs for the fifth wicket
The first Test match between Pakistan and Bangladesh in Chittagong was about to start on Friday when the earthquake in Chittagong shook everyone.
Both the teams were safe from the tremors but the host team had to go through another quake-like situation in the form of Pakistani bowling after coming on the field when its four batsmen had been sent back to the pavilion for just 49 runs.
Then at this stage the brilliant double century partnership of Mushfiqur Rahim and wicket keeper Lytton Das, known for their bold batting, saved their team from falling. Partner Lytton Das managed to score his first Test century and the other partner Mushfiqur Rahim is looking forward to reaching three figures the next day.
When the game ended on the first day, Bangladesh's score was 253 for four. Lytton Das (113) and Mushfiqur Rahim (82) are not out and have shared 204 runs for the fifth wicket.
Lytton Das was lucky in that Sajid Khan dropped his catch at 67. The unfortunate bowler was Shaheen Shah Afridi
Bangladesh captain Mominul Haq won the toss and elected to bat first at the Zahoor Ahmed Chaudhry Stadium. After losing the toss, Babar Azam reassured his heart that he had no control over the toss and if he had won, he would have batted first.
When the Bangladesh team started the innings without Shakib Al Hasan, Taskin and Tamim Iqbal and started the innings with Shadman Islam and Saif Hassan, Shaheen Shah Afridi was waiting in front of them with three slip one lane and short field offensive field.
The Pakistani team did not have to wait long for the first victory and Shaheen Shah Afridi caught Saif Hassan in his third over by Abid Ali standing on the short league.
Now it was Hassan Ali's turn. The same Hassan Ali who was criticized for a bad match in the T20 World Cup but was declared the man of the match in the first T20 as soon as he reached Bangladesh. In his fourth over, Hassan also made the return of second opener Shadman Islam and Shadman took a review with him.
After both the openers were bowled out for 33, captain Mominul Haq was heavily charged but his stay on the wicket was limited to 19 balls and off-spinner Sajid Khan's ball on an individual score of six was caught by Rizwan. did it. The umpire's decision was not out but Ultra Edge upheld Babar Azam's review.
Faheem Ashraf also came into action in the next over and managed to get the wicket of Najamul Hassan Shanto in his fourth over. Shanto, like both openers, was the third batsman to be dismissed for an individual score of 14.
27-year-old Lytton Kumar Das's dream of scoring his first Test century finally came true in his 26th Test
After taking 49 runs, Babar Azam must have been thinking that the chessboard should be rolled up as soon as possible, but the partnership of Mushfiqur Rahim and Lytton Das not only added to the frustration of the Pakistani team He also reminded the partnership of Shakib Al Hasan.
Interestingly, in the 2011 Dhaka Test too, Bangladesh lost four wickets for 43 runs, after which Shakib Al Hasan and Shehryar Nafees formed a crucial partnership of 180 runs.
The dream of 27-year-old Lytton Kumar Das to score his first Test century was finally fulfilled in his 26th Test. He had twice before been caught in the clutches of the Nervous Nineties.
The brilliant partnership of Lytton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim has given hope to his team to reach a big score on the basis of which its bowlers can put pressure on Pakistani batting.
Bangladesh's recent Test performance has been very disappointing. He has lost seven of his last eleven Test matches, including one against Afghanistan. During this time he has won only two Test matches against Zimbabwe.
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This is Mominul Haq's tenth Test as captain. He has won just two of the last nine Tests and lost six. That is why he has been under so much criticism these days that he made a very interesting comment yesterday that you can't shut anyone's mouth but you can shut your ears.
Abdullah Shafiq got the test cap
In this test, Bangladesh has given test cap to Yasir Ali and Pakistan has given test cap to Abdullah Shafiq. Abdullah Shafiq, 22, has been a part of the Pakistani squad for some time now, but with Imran Butt and Abid Ali, he has not been able to make it to the final squad, which has been the subject of heated debate over when to feed him. So why have you been taken on tour?
Among the 12 players announced for the test was a contest between Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafiq as to which of them would be out.
Among the 12 players announced for the test was a contest between Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafiq as to which of them would be out.
Imam-ul-Haq was added to the team by selectors after dropping Imran Butt with the claim that he has performed well in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy this season. There was not much difference between the runs.
Imam-ul-Haq has scored 488 runs while Imran Butt has now taken his run tally above 500 runs.
The biggest objection to Abdullah Shafiq has been that he was included in the Test squad for just one first-class match. He scored a century for Central Punjab against Southern Punjab in his first first class match.
He also scored a century in the first class match of the Pakistan Shaheen team's tour of Sri Lanka this month.
Abdullah Shafiq has the honor of scoring a century in his first first class match as well as in his first T20 match. He had commemorated the T20 debut against Central Punjab by Central Punjab last year with a century.