Pakistan Face Historic Low As Bangladesh Eye Fourth Straight Test Triumph

Shan Masood’s Pakistan are on the verge of creating an embarrassing record, of becoming the first team in the history of Test cricket to lose four consecutive Tests against Bangladesh, as they face each other in the second and final match of the series from Saturday, May 16, in Sylhet.

Pakistan are coming off a 104-run thrashing at the hands of Bangladesh in the first Test, their third consecutive defeat, after losing two Tests at home in 2024.

Pakistan are now level with Zimbabwe, who were whitewashed 0-3 by Bangladesh in a three-match Test series in 2014.

Meanwhile, pacer Nahid Rana starred with a five-for as Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 104 runs in the rain-affected first Test on Tuesday, after a dramatic final day marked by a flurry of batting

collapses.

Chasing 268 for a win in Dhaka, Pakistan were 119/3 before they fell to 163 all out in the final session with debutant Abdullah Fazal scoring a valiant 66.

Bangladesh now hold a 1-0 lead in the two-match home series.

The Test triumph was Bangladesh’s first against Pakistan on home soil and their third overall.

The 23-year-old Fazal stitched together a 51-run partnership with Salman Agha (26) to revive Pakistan’s hopes, before Rana tore through the batting line-up with career-best figures of 5/40.

Rana, 23, made an impact with his pace and reverse swing and his final spell of 4.5 overs got him four wickets for just 10 runs to turn the game on its head.

Meanwhile, Mominul Haque is just 129 runs away from going past Tamim Iqbal, now the president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, to become the team’s second-highest run-scorer in Tests.

Mushfiqur Rahim leads the charts with 6,603 runs.

Mohammad Abbas is also just three wickets away from becoming the sixth Pakistan pacer to claim 100 wickets outside the nation. Among the five who have already achieved the feat, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Imran Khan, Mohammad Amir and Amir Gul, none boast a better overseas bowling average than Abbas’ brilliant 23.