ASGHAR ALI MUIBARAK :
1stTest; Bangladesh’s victory, Pakistan’s poor captaincy, fitness issues, weak bowling, irresponsible batting, poor fielding, dropped catches, wrong declarations led to the defeat.
In the first Test played in Rawalpindi, Bangladesh created history by defeating the Pakistan cricket team for the first time
The defeat of the Pakistani team against Bangladesh is the continuation of the defeats against America and India in the World Cup. There was no post-mortem of the defeats against America and India was held and no lessons were learned from the defeats.
Home crowd and home ground advantage could not help the Pakistan due to lacking team spirit and teamwork.
The body language of the Pakistani team was not that of a winning team from the beginning.
The Poor captaincy, fitness issues, weak bowling, irresponsible batting, poor fielding, dropped catches, over confidence, wrong declaration of Pakistani innings led to the defeat.
The 40-degree heat in Rawalpindi kept the Pakistani players on the ground slightly agitated, while the Bangladeshi bowlers sensed the weakness and anxiety of the Pakistani players and enjoyed the warm weather.
This is Pakistan’s first defeat against Bangladesh in Test cricket, whereas in the 13 Tests played before, Pakistan won 12 matches while one Test was a draw.
The second Test between the two teams will also be played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium from August 30 to September 3.
In response to Pakistan’s 448 runs, the Bangladesh team was bowled out for 556 runs in the last session on the fourth day and took a lead of 117 runs over Pakistan.
However, the Pakistani team could score only 146 runs in the second innings, Muhammad Rizwan was outstanding by scoring 51 runs, in the first Test against Bangladesh at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, the Pakistan cricket team gave the visiting team a target of only 30 runs to win, which it did without. Got it for no loss and won by 10 wickets.
On the last day of the Test, Pakistan started the innings with 23 runs for the loss of one wicket, then captain Shan Masood got out early, Babar Azam returned to the pavilion after scoring 22 runs, while Saud Shakeel got out for the first time in Test cricket for zero. After him, Abdullah Shafiq also returned to the pavilion after scoring 37 runs, Salman Agha also got out without opening his account.
At lunch break, Pakistani wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan is on 22 and Shaheen Afridi is at the crease with one run scored. Later, as soon as the game started, Shaheen Shah Afridi got out after adding one run to his individual score, he was hit by Mehdi Hasan for 2 runs, followed by Naseem Shah getting out for 3 runs.
The ninth player to get out of Pakistan was Mohammad Rizwan who scored the highest 50 runs, he was dismissed by Mehdi Hasan, followed by Muhammad Ali who was dismissed without opening his account, thus Pakistan won against Bangladesh. He gave a target of 30 runs which he achieved without any loss.
Mehdi Hasan Miraz 4, Shakib Al Hasan 3, Sharaful Islam, Hasan Mehmood and Nahid Rana dismissed one player each from Bangladesh.
Mushfiqur Rahim, who played a central role in Bangladesh’s historic victory, was declared the man of the match for his brilliant innings of 191 runs.
While receiving the man of the match award after the match, former captain Mushfiqur Rahim gave the award money to the flood victims of Bangladesh.
He said that he is very happy for the historic achievement, the whole team played a great game and won, he said that he announced to give his prize money to the flood victims of Bangladesh.
It should be noted that Bangladesh is currently facing a flood situation, about 3 lakh people have been shifted to emergency shelters due to floods caused by recent monsoon rains.
The rains have wreaked havoc in Bangladesh, which has struggled to cope with a political crisis over the past few weeks, with at least 15 people killed and thousands displaced by flash floods triggered by heavy rains.
On the other hand, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif wrote a letter to Bangladesh Interim Government Chief Dr Muhammad Younis on the recent flood situation in Bangladesh and offered assistance from Pakistan.
The Prime Minister said in a letter addressed to Dr. Muhammad Younis that I am hopeful that Bangladesh will come out of this difficulty soon under your leadership and Pakistan is ready to help Bangladesh in every possible way in this difficult time.
Pakistan Playing XI:
Abdullah Shafiq. Saeem Ayub Shan Masood (Captain) Babar Azam. Saud Shakeel (Vice Captain) Muhammad Rizwan (Wicket Keeper) Salman Ali Agha. Shaheen Shah Afridi Naseem Shah Khurram Shahzad and Muhammad Ali.
Bangladesh Squad:
Najamul Hasan Shanto (Captain), Hasan Mahmood, Laton Das, Mehdi Hasan Miraz, Mominul Haq, Mushfiqul Rahim, Naheed Rana, Naeem Hasan, Shadman Islam, Shakibul Hasan, Shariful Islam, Syed Khalid Ahmed, Taijoul Islam and Zakir Hasan.
Match Officials
Adrian Hold-Stoke and Richard Kettlebro (on-field umpires), Michael Gough (third umpire), Rashid Riaz (fourth umpire) and Ranjan Madugale (match referee).
