Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

Azan Awais
103(165) 14x4 - 0x6
Control %89%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 22 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
5 5 19 16 17 9 4 28
Najmul Hossain Shanto
Najmul Hossain Shanto
101(130) 12x4 - 2x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 20 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
6 2 4 19 20 19 13 18

Best performances - Bowlers

Nahid Rana
O9.5
M2
R40
W5
Eco4.06
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
2W
1W
Mohammad Abbas
Mohammad Abbas
O34
M8
R92
W5
Eco2.7
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W

Match Details

Toss

Pakistan , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Bangladesh led the 2-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00

Match days

8,9,10,11,12 May 2026 (5-day match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Bangladesh 12, Pakistan 0

Scorecard Summary

BANGLADESH 413(117.1 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

PAKISTAN 386(100.3 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

BANGLADESH 240/9d(70.3 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

PAKISTAN 163(52.5 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Madushka Balasuriya

5.15pm Right, then. Bangladesh have taken the lead in this series, after registering their first home Test win over Pakistan. The action will continue in Sylhet, where Bangladesh will look to seal the series and Pakistan will look to bounce back. That's all from us at ESPNcricinfo today, thank you and goodbye.

5.05pm Time for the presentation ceremony.

And the Player of the Match is Najmul Hossain Shanto. Here's what the Bangladesh skipper has to say: "Very happy. Proud of all the guys, the way we played. We have been working hard the last few months. Really happy the way we played. Great experience and feeling very proud the way we played. Slowly we are getting better at Test cricket and that's one thing we have always wanted to do. [On the toss] We had a plan that we wanted to bat first. I think we have a quality bowling attack and we wanted to bat first because of the preparation in the last few months. That was the plan. Why we declared is because we have a quality bowling attack and in these conditions Rana, Taskin, Taijul bowled really well and that's what I want for them. I always think about what the team needs and contribute in every match. [On the surface] In the first innings, the first few hours were challenging. I think Mominul bhai batted brilliantly. There was extra bounce but we played good shots. Especially Mominul bhai and Mushfiqur bhai batted really well. Today we'll enjoy ourselves and then we'll have to assess conditions in Sylhet and plan for how to play there."

Shan Masood: "[On the toss decision] Hindsight is 20/20. We looked at the conditions and in terms of seam bowling we had the best conditions. We got two early wickets. But in the first innings we didn't capitalise on that and then we didn't capitalise with the bat either. We could have pushed for more runs. But in the first innings, with bat and ball, we needed to do better. You can never question the effort, especially when you are playing Test cricket after six months. Test cricket on surfaces like this teaches you that when you have the game in your hands you have to push the opposition away, but we failed to do that. [The debutants] Extremely pleased. When we picked them, we picked them seeing potential that they can play at this level. Their maturity was great. For them, the thing is can they be consistent in Test cricket? I think they have the potential to do that. When you get opportunities to stamp your authority we have to do that."


Anver Azeez: "RANA beat RAIN !!"

Saikat : "Rana you beauty!!!! A very well deserved 5 wicket haul.."

4.52pm Well what a stunning session of play by the home side, and one led by the youngest member of the squad - Nahid Rana. He finishes with figures of 5 for 40, as he ran through the Pakistan lower order, including the two crucial wickets of Saud Shakeel and Mohammed Rizwan. The session though had begun poorly in any case, when Pakistan lost the set Abdullah Fazal, but Shakeel and Rizwan had been obdurate in hanging out - that was until Rana. Once that stand was broken, the rest were a formality as Bangladesh secured a deserved win.

52.5
W
Nahid Rana to Shaheen Shah Afridi, OUT, Rana fittingly deals the final blow! Banged in short, and Shaheen can only fend this away. Short leg takes an easy catch. Pakistan review but this was clearly glove. Rana has five! And Bangladesh have won by 104 runs! Their third straight win against Pakistan in Tests.

Shaheen Shah Afridi c Mahmudul Hasan Joy b Nahid Rana 0 (24m 14b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

52.4
1
Nahid Rana to Mohammad Abbas, 1 run, full on the stumps, holds the bat to this and knocks it towards the vacant mid-on region for one
52.3
0
Nahid Rana to Mohammad Abbas, no run, back of a length, angled down leg as Abbas watches this go by
52.2
0
Nahid Rana to Mohammad Abbas, no run, back of a length wide of off, left alone
52.1
4
Nahid Rana to Mohammad Abbas, FOUR, Beats the slip cordon! Back of a length outside off, gets over this well and steers it between third and fourth slip

END OF OVER:
52 | (maiden) | PAK: 158/9

  • Shaheen Shah Afridi0 (13b)
  • Mohammad Abbas0 (8b)
  • Mehidy Hasan Miraz17-3-47-1
  • Nahid Rana9-2-35-4
51.6
0
Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Shaheen Shah Afridi, no run, good length on the stumps, defended again on the front foot

Pakistan 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st3Imam-ul-HaqAzan Awais
2nd54Azan AwaisAbdullah Fazal
3rd11Shan MasoodAbdullah Fazal
4th51Salman AghaAbdullah Fazal
5th2Salman AghaSaud Shakeel
6th31Mohammad RizwanSaud Shakeel
7th1Noman AliMohammad Rizwan
8th1Noman AliHasan Ali
9th4Noman AliShaheen Shah Afridi
10th5Mohammad AbbasShaheen Shah Afridi