Babar Azam and Abrar Ahmed
Pakistan Cricket Team: The image of the Pakistani team in the world of cricket is such that this team can defeat even the biggest team and can lose to any small team. In the ODI World Cup 2023, the Pakistani team lost the match against Afghanistan. After this, in the T20 World Cup 2024, the Pakistani team lost against America. Now the Pakistani team is on the verge of defeat against Bangladesh. The second Test match between Pakistan and Bangladesh is being played at the Rawalpindi ground. Pakistan has given Bangladesh a target of 185 runs to win. On the fourth day, Bangladesh has scored 42 runs without any loss. Due to poor light, only 7 overs of Bangladesh’s innings could be completed on the fourth day of the match. Right now he needs 142 runs to win and all his wickets are safe.
Pakistan lost the first test match
The Test series against Bangladesh has been nothing less than a nightmare for Pakistan. The Pakistani team lost the first match by 10 wickets, which was their first defeat in Test cricket against Bangladesh. Then Pakistan played four fast bowlers on the Rawalpindi pitch. This move of Pakistan backfired on them. Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim played a brilliant innings of 191 runs against the fast bowlers. Pakistan did not play any spinner in the first match.
Pakistani team made big changes in the second test
After this, in the second match, Pakistan made changes and dropped Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah. In their place, Mir Hamza and Abrar Ahmed were given a chance in the playing eleven. Even after this, the luck of the Pakistani team did not change and the result was the same. First, the batsmen proved to be a flop. The team had players like Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shan Masood and Sam Ayub. But despite these players, the Pakistani team was all out for 274 runs in the first innings and just 172 runs in the second innings. Pakistan’s batsmen could not stand in front of Bangladeshi bowlers Hasan Mahmud and Mehdi Hasan Miraz. Pakistani batsmen were desperate to stay on the crease, let alone scoring runs. Sam Ayub played the highest innings of 58 runs from Pakistan in the entire match.
In the second innings, the condition of Pakistani batsmen became worse. When not even a single player could score a half century and the entire team could score only 172 runs. They already had a lead of 12 runs. Now Bangladesh has got a target of 185 runs and they have scored 42 runs without losing any wicket. Bangladesh has full chances of winning on the fifth day. If Bangladesh team wins this match, then Pakistan team will lose the Test series against Bangladesh for the first time.
The last home Test series was won in the year 2021
Pakistan last won a Test series against South Africa on home soil in 2021 by 2-0. Since then the Pakistani team has not been able to win a Test series on home soil. In the year 2022, the Australian team toured Pakistan and won the series 1-0. After this, in the same year 2022, England toured Pakistan and won the Test series 3-0. Then New Zealand came to Pakistan to play a series of 2 Test matches. This series was a draw. Now Pakistan is facing a big threat of losing the series against Bangladesh as well.
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