The first match of the two-match Test series between Pakistan and Bangladesh was played in Rawalpindi. In this match, Bangladesh defeated the host team by 10 wickets. On the fifth day of the match (25 August), Pakistan had set a target of 30 runs for Bangladesh, which the visiting team achieved easily. The second and last match of the Test series between the two countries will be played in Rawalpindi from 30 August.
…Pakistan faced such a defeat for the first time
This victory is very important for Bangladesh. This was Bangladesh’s first victory against Pakistan in Test cricket history. Bangladesh had earlier played 13 Test matches against Pakistan, in which it lost 12. While one match was drawn. If seen, this was the first time in the centuries-old history of Test cricket that a team defeated Pakistan by 10 wickets in its home ground.
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That is, Bangladesh did what no one had even thought of. This defeat will hurt the Pakistan team for a long time. After this defeat, its morale has fallen a lot for the second Test as well. Now it has to be seen how the Pakistani players recover from this setback. Anyway, the Pakistan team has not been able to win any Test match at home for a long time. Its last victory was against South Africa on 4 February 2021. Since then, Pakistan has played 9 Test matches at home, in which it lost 5 and four matches ended in a draw.
…when local umpires used to favor Pakistan
If we look at it, the test record of Pakistan team on its soil is quite impressive. Pakistan has played 165 test matches at home so far, in which it has won 60 and lost only 27. While 78 matches were drawn. This record shows that at one time the opposing teams had to struggle a lot to defeat the Pakistan team at its home.
At that time, even the domestic umpires favoured the Pakistan team because the era of neutral umpires had not yet begun. You must be familiar with the name of Shukur Rana, who is considered a controversial umpire in cricket history. During the Faisalabad Test match between Pakistan and England in 1987, Shukur Rana had a fight with Mike Gatting.
Neutral umpires were introduced in Test cricket in 1994. That is, instead of the two countries in which the Test match is being played, neutral umpires from other countries were given the responsibility of monitoring the match. Actually, this system was introduced because there were complaints of bias in the decisions of domestic umpires.
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Pakistan lost after declaring the innings for the fourth time
Overconfidence also led to Pakistan’s downfall in this match. In fact, Pakistan declared its first innings at a score of 448/6. The surprising thing was that at that time Mohammad Rizwan was unbeaten on 171 runs. Shan Masood’s decision to declare the innings at a total of less than 500 runs was quite strange. Statistics show that this is the fourth time Pakistan has lost a match despite declaring the innings.
This happened for the first time in 1961, when Pakistan lost the Lahore Test match against England even after declaring the innings at 387/9. Then 11 years later, in 1972, Pakistan declared the innings after scoring 574/8 against Australia, but still had to face defeat. After this, Pakistan again faced defeat against Australia in 2016, when it scored 443/9 while batting first.
Pakistan lose after declaring the innings:
Against England, Lahore, 1961 (387/9 d)
vs Australia, Melbourne, 1972 (574/8 d)
vs Australia, Melbourne, 2016 (443/9 d)
vs Bangladesh, Rawalpindi, 2024 (448/6 d)
Bangladesh’s highest innings score in Test matches
638 vs Sri Lanka, Galle, 2013 (drawn)
595/8 vs New Zealand, Wellington, 2017 (lost)
565 vs Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 2024 (won)
560/6 vs Zimbabwe, Mirpur, 2020 (Won)
556 vs West Indies, Mirpur, 2012 (loss)
Most runs by a wicket-keeper in a Test (Pakistan)
222 (171* & 51) – Mohammad Rizwan vs BAN, Rawalpindi, 2024
210 (210*)- Tasleem Arif v AUS, Faisalabad, 1980
209 (209 & 0)- Imtiaz Ahmed v NZ, Lahore, 1955
197 (150 & 47*)- Rashid Latif vs WI, Sharjah, 2002
196 (78 & 118)- Sarfraz Ahmed vs NZ, Karachi, 2023