Mushfiqur Rahim and Mehidy Hasan Miraz have given Bangladesh a glimmer of hope to win their opening Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi.
At Stumps on Day 4, the hosts trailed by 94 runs with nine wickets left in their second innings. Mushfiqur was the star of the show for the Tigers, although he missed out on scoring his fourth double-hundred in Tests.
Bangladesh did not make the best of starts to the day as Litton Das perished to Naseem Shah after a well-made 56.
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But from there on, Mehidy and Mushfiqur dictated terms to the opposition with a partnership of 196 runs for the seventh wicket. From once in danger of conceding a big lead, Bangladesh took a lead of 117 runs in the first innings.
Mushfiqur scored 191 runs off 342 balls with 22 fours and a six before Mohammad Ali accounted for his wicket. En route to his hundred, he went past Tamim Iqbal to become his country’s leading century-maker in overseas Tests.
Mehidy also showed guts after scoring 77 off 179 balls with six fours. Shoriful Islam’s late cameo of 22 off 14 balls injected late momentum into the Bangladesh innings.
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Naseem was the standout Pakistani bowler after he finished with figures of 27.3-6-93-3. The speedster got the wicket of Shoriful to bring the curtain down on the opposition innings.
Shaheen Shah Afridi had to fight hard for his wickets, but he was rewarded with the wickets of Mehidy and Hasan Mahmud. He also did the cradling celebration on the day when he became a father to a baby boy.
Pakistan made a torrid start in their innings as Saim Ayub departed early. Ayub, who notched his maiden Test fifty in the first innings, got out to Shoriful.
Abdullah Shafique and Shan Masood saw off the remaining 7.4 overs, but have quite a bit of work to do. Bangladesh, on the other hand, would be looking for early wickets and put pressure on Masood and Co.
