PAK vs BAN: Pakistan bounced back properly in the first session of Day 3, as the seamers rattled through the defence of the Bangladeshi top order.
The first day was washed out totally by rain in Rawalpindi, and Pakistan seemed disappointed by their wasted day after a first test loss in their homeland. However, the rain gods favored them as they made it to the ground on a sunny day on Day 2, where Mehidy Hasan Miraz, the Bangladesh all-rounder, gained immense success with the ball.
Miraz’s 5-wicket haul alongside Taskin’s 3-fer broke the back of Pakistan’s batting order and restricted them to 274, while Bangladesh were 14/0.
Then Khurram Shahzad and Mir Hamza, the two Pakistan seamers, one brought in place of Naseem Shah, delivered with the new ball, as the bowling pair struck six times within 36 balls as he demolished the Bangladesh batters, as they ended 6/26.
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The bowlers from both ends kept it simple, as he targeted the stumps and stuck to his line and length. With Mir Hamza finding lateral movement with the wind, he got the earlier of Zakir Hasan before finally getting him trapped in front of the wicket.
Khurram Shahzad, on the other hand, struck more with his fine length and line, as he often hit the stumps with his better pace. Hamza has two wickets as well. The Pakistan team were then given some resistance from the Bangladesh lower-order batters, Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan Miraz, as they both added vital runs for Bangladesh to help them avoid their follow-on.
Bangladesh now in their first innings are 118/6, with both batters still holding onto their innings at 44* and 43* for Litton and Mehidy at the time of writing.