Senior batter Mushfiqur Rahim hit an excellent 191 on the fourth day of the primary Check in Rawalpindi on Saturday, giving Bangladesh an out of doors likelihood of a maiden victory over Pakistan. The diminutive batter was the inspiration of Bangladesh’s first innings rating of 565 — their highest Check complete towards Pakistan — and gave the guests a primary innings lead of 117. Pakistan had been 23-1 on the shut of play, with Abdullah Shafique on 12 and skipper Shan Masood on 9. The house crew path by 94 runs after making 448-6 declared within the first innings.
Bangladesh, who’ve misplaced 12 of the 13 Assessments towards Pakistan, will hope their spinners can extract some flip from a Rawalpindi pitch that has been unresponsive to this point.
Pakistan as soon as once more began badly when opener Saim Ayub edged a good-length ball from Shoriful Islam to wicketkeeper Liton Das after scoring only a single within the third over of their second innings.
Nonetheless, the day belonged to Mushfiqur, who added 114 with Das (56) for the sixth wicket after which a document 194 for the seventh wicket with Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who made a stable 77.
Bangladesh’s earlier Check greatest towards Pakistan was the 555-6 they made at Khulna in 2015.
Mehidy praised Mushfiqur’s knock.
“Mushfiqur performed an amazing knock,” mentioned Miraz, hoping Bangladesh can win. “Undoubtedly the primary hour tomorrow will likely be essential and if we get early wickets now we have a superb likelihood.”
Mushfiqur’s knock of eight hours and 42 minutes, which contained 22 boundaries and a six, lastly ended when he edged pacer Mohammad Ali to wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan.
He overtook the earlier highest particular person rating by a Bangladesh batter in Pakistan of 119 by Javed Omar, scored in Peshawar in 2003.
Mushfiqur was fortunate to get a life on 150 when Babar Azam dropped him off Salman Agha at leg slip.
Pakistan additionally thought that they had Mushfiqur leg-before by Ali on 59 however umpire Richard Kettleborough’s authentic verdict was overturned on evaluation when the replay confirmed the ball lacking leg stump.
Mushfiqur then hit two boundaries off each Shahzad and Saim Ayub earlier than reaching his century, his eleventh in 89 Assessments.
The partnership with Mehidy was the very best for any crew towards Pakistan, beating the earlier document of 186 set by New Zealand’s Warren Lees and Richard Hadlee in Karachi in 1976.
Mehidy added one other 37 runs to the entire earlier than Shaheen Shah Afridi dismissed him after which Hasan Mahmud for a duck to complete with 2-88.
Naseem Shah ended the Bangladesh innings by dismissing Shoriful Islam for 22, ending with Pakistan’s greatest figures of 3-93.
Shah admitted pitch didn’t assist pacers as per expectations.
“We didn’t get as a lot assist from the pitch as we anticipated,” mentioned Shah. “We now have been getting such wickets so now we have to suppose how can we get the house benefit.”
The second and last Check may even be performed in Rawalpindi, from August 30.
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