The fourth day ended with Bangladesh 143 runs out of victory with 10 wickets remaining

The fourth day of the second Test between Pakistan and Bangladesh has come to an end, with poor light and rain forcing today’s game to end early.

By the end of the day, Bangladesh had scored 42 runs without losing a wicket, just 143 runs away from a historic 0-2 series win against Pakistan.

Bangladesh openers Zakir Hassan 31 and Shadman Islam not out for 9 runs.

In the second test match played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to field against Pakistan.

Pakistan’s second innings

On the fourth day of play, Pakistan’s batting line-up failed miserably. The national team was all out scoring just 172 runs in the second innings and the visiting team was given a target of just 185 runs to win.

Half of the Pakistan team returned to the pavilion for just 65 runs.

Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Ali Agha batted responsibly and took Pakistan’s score to 136 runs, but here came the in-form Mohammad Rizwan. He played an innings of 43 runs.

On one side, Salman Ali Agha then tried to walk runs with the tail-enders, he was not out for 47 runs, while on the other side, wickets kept falling and the whole team was all out.

Among other players, Abdullah Shafiq 3, Saeem Ayub 20, Shan Masood 28, Babar Azam 11, Saud Shakeel and Abrar Ahmed 2, 2 while Mir Hamza came with 4 runs. Khurram Shahzad and Muhammad Ali returned to the pavilion without scoring any runs.

Hasan Mehmood took 5 wickets, Naheed Rana 4 wickets and Tasin Ahmed took 1 wicket for Bangladesh.

Pakistan’s first innings

It is to be noted that the Pakistan team was all out after scoring 274 runs in the first innings. On behalf of Pakistan, Saeem Ayub scored 58 runs, captain Shan Masood scored 57 runs and Salman Ali Agha scored 54 runs.

For Bangladesh Mehdi Hasan Miraj took 5 wickets, Tasin Ahmed 3 wickets while Shakib Al Hasan and Naheed Rana took one wicket each.

Bangladesh’s first innings

The visiting team was all out scoring 261 runs in their first innings.

At one point, 6 Bangladeshi players were out for just 26 runs but Latin Das scored a brilliant century and Mehdi Hasan scored 78 runs to get Bangladesh out of a difficult situation.

On behalf of Pakistan, Khurram Shahzad took 6 wickets and Mir Hamza and Salman Ali Agha took 2 and 2 wickets, while spinner Abrar Ahmed, who joined the team, could not take any wicket.