There have been insinuations, remarks and opinions regarding all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan’s involvement in Test cricket from the media, cricket experts and even board officials.
Bangladesh suffered an embarrassing defeat by an innings and eight runs against Pakistan in the rain-affected second Test of the two-match Test series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur.
Premier allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has achieved another career milestone as he became the quickest player to reach the elite club of players with 4000 runs and 200 wickets in Test cricket.
Mushfiqur Rahim fell two runs short of a half century as Bangladesh keep spiralling deep into trouble on the fifth day of the Dhaka Test.
Bangladesh surpassed their first innings tally of 87 to reach three figures in the second innings before Liton Das fell short of a half-century as the hosts trail by 104 runs at the first drinks break of the post-lunch session after being enforced follow-on on the fifth and final day of the Dhaka Test.
Bangladesh batters Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das put on some resistance following the Tigers' top-order collapse after Pakistan had put the hosts to follow-on on the final day of their second Test at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.
Bangladesh's fragile top-order was once again exposed by the pace threat of Pakistan as the Tigers lost four wickets inside the first 10 overs after being put to follow-on on the final day of their second Test at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.
Bangladesh failed to avoid follow-on as the hosts were bundled out for just 87 runs in the early hours of the final day of their second Test against Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.
Woeful batting by Bangladesh on the fourth day of the rain-affected Dhaka Test has brought life back into second Test of the two-match Test series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur.
Bangladesh lost their first three wickets for 22 runs in 10.1 overs at tea on Day 4 of the Dhaka Test, after Pakistan declared their first innings at 300 for four looking to force a result in the remaining five-and-a-half sessions of play.
Pakistan lost overnight batsmen Azhar Ali (56) and Babar Azam (76) early on the fourth morning of the Dhaka Test, but Fawad Alam (19*) and Mohammad Rizwan (26*) took them to 242 for four at lunch.
Play on the fourth day of the second Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan resumed at 10:50am, with a total of 86 overs scheduled to be played on the day.
Not a single action took place on the third day of the second Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur as the day’s play was called off as early as 2:00pm today due to continuous rain triggered by the weakened cyclone Jawad.
Persistent light rain has kept the start of the third day of the Mirpur Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan on hold.
Rain and bad light delayed the second day's start of the second Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan in Dhaka on Sunday.
The opening day's play of the second Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan has been called off prematurely due to bad light at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.
Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat first against Bangladesh in the second of their two-Test series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.
Bangladesh will play the second Test against Pakistan tomorrow at Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium and the Tigers will be eager to bounce back from the defeat in the first Test at Chattogram with the visitors 1-0 up in the Two-Test series. Ahead of the match, the nature of the pitch was a big focal point in captain Mominul Haque’s press conference today.
