A coordinated batting effort from the Bangladeshi tail-enders helped Bangladesh to get to 413 in the first innings of the first Test of the two match series at Mirpur on Saturday.
Taskin Ahmed and Nahid Rana added valuable runs for the last wicket partnership.
Taskin scored a blitzkrieg 28 from 19 balls and Rana remained unbeaten on four off 23 deliveries.
After lunch, Mushfiqur Rahim was cleaned up by Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Mushfiq’s gritty half-century stopped at 71.
Before that captain Najmul Hossain Shanto’s 101 and Mominul Haque’s 91 took Bangladesh to a strong base.
The pace duo dominated the wickets tally for Pakistan.
Mohammad Abbas achieved his sixth five-wicket haul in this innings.
Shaheen took three wickets.
In the pre-match press conference, Bangladesh captain Shanto hoped for a 400-plus score in the first innings.
His troops’ valiant effort fulfilled that goal with quiet comfort.
This is the 29th time Bangladesh reached 400 in the first innings of a Test match.
In the last 10 Tests, when Bangladesh had reached 400, they never lost a Test.
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