Bangladesh were bowled out for 565 in its first innings of the two-match series opening Test against Pakistan, taking a 117-run lead at Rawalpindi on Saturday.
The total is Bangladesh’s third highest in a Test innings and highest against Pakistan, eclipsing the previous best of 555-6 in 2015 in Khulna.
Pakistan declared its first innings on 448-6, thanks to Mohammad Rizwan’s career-best 171 and Saud Shakeel’s 141.
Seasoned campaigner Mushfiqur Rahim led the run-fest for Bangladesh in unresponsive pitch with a monumental 191. While Mushfiqur missed out his fourth double century, Opener Shadman Islam was seven runs short of his second Test century.
Shadman made 93. Mehidy Hasan Miraz scored 77, Liton Das added 56 while Mominul Haque chipped-in-with 50.
Naseem Shah claimed 3-93. Shaheen Shah Afridi, Khurram Shahzad and Mohammad Ali picked up two wickets apiece.
Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level. A Test match is scheduled to take place over a period of five days, and is played by teams representing full member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Bangladesh became a full-member in 2000 after playing their first Test match against India at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. They have played a total of 138 matches.
Bangladesh’s highest successful run chase in Test cricket came in the 2nd Test of the 2009 Series at Grenada. Bangladesh reached the target of 215 runs with four wickets in hand.
The lowest score in Test history for Bangladesh is 43 scored in their first innings against West Indies in the first Test of the Bangladesh in the West Indies in 2018.
A Test match is won when one side has scored more runs than the total runs scored by the opposing side during their two innings. If both sides have completed both their allocated innings and the side that fielded last has the higher aggregate of runs, it is known as a win by runs. This indicates the number of runs that they had scored more than the opposing side. If one side scores more runs in a single innings than the total runs scored by the other side in both their innings, it is known as a win by innings and runs. If the side batting last wins the match, it is known as a win by wickets, indicating the number of wickets that were still to fall
