After Pakistan lost Abdullah Shafique in the opening over of the second Test match between Bangladesh and Pakistan in Rawalpindi, Shan Masood and Saim Ayub remained steadfast. Pakistan were 100 for 1 at lunchtime on the second day after being sent in.
Bangladesh will be monitoring the over rate in the second session in addition to trying to get early wickets. They bowled just 25 overs in two hours and fifteen minutes during the opening session.
The teams were greeted with a bright and sunny morning on Saturday after the first day had been ruined by rain. In the now four-day Test, Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto showed no reluctance to bowl first due to the pitch’s moisture content.
After recovering from a shoulder injury, Taskin Ahmed took full advantage of the circumstances. Shafique was bowled five outswingers before he managed to nip back off the seam with the final ball of the over. For it, Shafique was unprepared. He moved forward to defend, but in doing so, he created a large opening through which the ball could pass.
The seamen from Bangladesh did make mistakes, but none of them were life-threatening. Nahid Rana struck Shan Masood with a short ball on his thumb.
Taskin and Hasan Mahmud bowled mostly from around the wicket, which kept Ayub quiet for a while. Ayub smashed three fours in the next 11 balls he faced after being on 4 off 25 balls at one point. Masood was on the correct track from the beginning, so it only took 68 balls for them to reach the fifty mark.
The opener pushed him over the deep-square-leg fielder for a six when he attempted the identical move against Ayub. The pitch loosened as the day went on. With just 54 balls, Masood reached his fifty-score ten minutes before lunch. He hit just two fours in his first fifty runs; the majority of his runs were gained by dashing between the wickets.
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Masood stated that Pakistan had “rested” Naseem Shah for this Test at the toss. The four front-line bowlers for Pakistan, including the omitted Shaheen Shah Afridi, had a total experience of 16 Test matches, with legspinner Abrar having played in the most, six.
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