Tigers achieve historic Banglawash over Pakistan
Bangladesh completed a historic 2-0 clean sweep over Pakistan with a six-wicket win in the second and final Test at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium today.
This is the first time the Tigers have defeated Pakistan in a Test series and their third-ever Test series win away from home. They had earlier won against a second-string West Indies in 2009 and a one-off series against Zimbabwe in 2021.
This is also only the second time a team has completed a clean sweep over Pakistan in Pakistan in a Test series. The only other team to do so were England, who won 3-0 against the hosts in 2022.
Despite there being a threat of rain on the fifth day, and having lost the first day and the last session of the fourth day to bad light and downpours, luck stayed on the side of the visitors as the match had a result.
Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim are the only two players in this Bangladesh side who were also present in the side that won in the West Indies.
For Pakistan, the winless streak at home has now increased to 10 games. This is the first instance of them losing a Test series against Bangladesh.
Bangladesh started the fifth day’s play at 42/0, needing 143 more to win with all the wickets intact. Pakistan pacers showed some discipline as they got two quick wickets of the openers. However, Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mominul Haque added 57 for the third wicket before Salman Ali Agha removed the former.
With only 58 more needed to win, Rahim joined Mominul in the middle. They braved some nervy moments, but Mominul got out with 32 more needed to win the game.
Rahim was then joined by the experienced Shakib, and it was only fitting that those two, who were part of their team's first-ever overseas series win 15 years ago, saw the Tigers through to a memorable win in Pakistan as well. Opener Zakir Hasan top-scored for the visitors with 40.
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