Mehidy spins out Pakistan for historic maiden win: 1st Test, Day 5 (Rawalpindi)

Off spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz was the hero as Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 10 wickets on the final day of the first Test at Rawalpindi. This is the first time Bangladesh has beaten Pakistan in a Test match.

Pakistan started on 23/1 trailing Bangladesh by 94 runs in the first innings. However, they were blown away by the spin duo of Mehidy Hasan Miraz (4/21) and Shakib Al Hasan (3/44) who picked seven wickets between them to bundle Pakistan out for 146 runs.

Openers Zakir Hasan and Shadman Islam were unbeaten on 15 and 9, respectively, as Bangladesh reached their target of 30 to close out the historic win.

Bangladesh 565 (Mushfiqur 191, Naseem 3-93) and 30 for 0 (Zakir 15*) beat Pakistan 448 for 6 dec (Rizwan 171, Shakeel 141) and 146 (Rizwan 51, Mehidy 4-21, Shakib 3-44) by ten wickets.

Aug 2024.