{ "id": "151385", "author": "26", "cnmid": "", "title": "Mehidy's Five Wickets Give Bangladesh Second Test Edge Over Pakistan", "lang": "en", "series": "600", "cup_year": "2024", "article_type": "General", "excerpt": "Bangladesh vs Pakistan Second Test - Off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz grabbed five wickets to help Bangladesh skittle Pakistan for 274 on the second day of the second Test in Rawalpindi on Saturday.\r\n", "subtype": null, "editor1": "

Off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz grabbed five wickets to help Bangladesh skittle Pakistan for 274 on the second day of the second Test in Rawalpindi on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Bangladesh vs Pakistan Second Test Scorecard<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n

The 26-year-old recorded his 10th five-wicket haul in Tests to cap a good day for the tourists, who are looking to win only their third away series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Bangladesh finished the day on 10-0 despite opener Shadman Islam being dropped by Saud Shakeel off Mir Hamza on the first ball of the innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

But it was Bangladesh's bowlers who steered them to a strong position.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Mehidy dismissed Pakistan captain Shan Masood for 57 and opener Saim Ayub for 58 after the home team had been well-placed on 99-1 at lunch.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

He produced match-turning figures of 4-21 in Bangladesh's 10-wicket win in the first Test a week ago, and snared Khurram Shahzad for 12 and then Mohammad Ali and Abrar Ahmed to end the innings with 5-61.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Mehidy was ably assisted by fast bowler Taskin Ahmed, who took 3-57.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Agha Salman, dropped on nought by Zakir Hasan off Shakib Al Hasan, was Taskin's third wicket after scoring 54 with three boundaries and two sixes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Taskin said he was happy to be back in the longer format of Test cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"It's a good sporting pitch and we need to bat the full day and get a good lead," Taskin said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"It's great to be back in red ball (cricket) after one-and-a-half years. I enjoyed that and adapted well."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Salman said the pitch was better than the first Test track and should provide help for the spin bowlers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"Unlike the first Test, this wicket has lively grass and I believe we have enough runs," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Desperate for a win to level the two-match series, Pakistan started well but lost wickets at regular intervals to slump from a relatively strong 107-1 on a greenish but slow Rawalpindi pitch.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Taskin bowled first Test centurion Saud Shakeel for 16, the left-hander having already survived a dropped catch by Mehidy off Nahid Rana on one.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Babar Azam, Pakistan's best batter, fell leg-before to spinner Shakib Al Hasan for 31, having now gone 15 Test innings without a half-century.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The first day's play on Friday was washed out due to rain but Pakistan shone with solid batting in the first session.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Masood, under pressure after scores of six and 14 in the first Test, hit two boundaries before he fell leg-before to Mehidy in the third over after the lunch break.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Fellow left-hander Ayub was more aggressive, hitting two sixes and four boundaries before he was stumped by wicketkeeper Liton Das off Mehidy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Taskin, brought in for the unfit Shoriful Islam as Bangladesh's only change, bowled Abdullah Shafique for nought off the sixth ball of the match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Bangladesh's 10-wicket win in the first Test, also in Rawalpindi, was their first over Pakistan in 14 attempts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Pakistan made two changes from the first Test, resting spearheads Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah to bring in pace bowler Hamza and spinner Abrar Ahmed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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