Litton Das celebrating Saud Shakeel's wicket on Day 5 (x.com)
Bangladesh made history at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Sunday, August 25 by defeating Pakistan in the first Test to go 1-0 up in the two-match series.
Here’s the timeline of how PAK vs BAN Day 5 panned out in Rawalpindi:
PAK vs BAN Day 5 Highlights: Pakistan Lose Five In Opening Session
Resuming on fifth morning at 23-1, Pakistan lost captain and overnight batter Shan Masood in just the second over of the day to a back-of-a-length delivery from Bangladesh seamer Hasan Mahmud. Senior man Babar Azam and first-innings centurion Saud Shakeel also fell in succession to Nahid Rana and Shakib Al Hasan respectively as Pakistan slipped to 67-4 in 27 overs.
Pakistan lost two more wickets at the stroke of lunch in the form of well-set opener Abdullah Shafique (37 off 86) and all-rounder Agha Salman. All in all, the hosts walked into lunch at 108-6 to find themselves another nine runs away from the deficit.
PAK vs BAN Day 5 Highlights: Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s Four-Fer Sets BAN An Easy Target
Mohammad Rizwan went on to list a fighting half-century in the post lunch session to help Pakistan overcome their first innings deficit. However, the dashing wicketkeeper-batter kept losing partners at the other end to Bangladesh spinners Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz.
Shakib trapped Naseem Shah with a flighted delivery to finish with figures of 3-44, while Mehidy (4-21) accounted for four of the final five Pakistani wickets to fall in the innings. Rizwan top-scored with a cracking 51 out of Pakistan’s 146-run total but his batting resistance merely stretched the lead to 29 runs.
PAK vs BAN Day 5 Highlights: Bangladesh Take The Test By 10 Wickets
Left to fetch just 30 runs for a historic feat, Bangladesh openers Zakir Hasan and Shadman Islam sealed the deal in just 6.3 overs with 10 wickets and half a day still intact in the game.
The win marked Bangladesh’s first-ever in history against Pakistan, and took them 1-0 up in the ongoing two-match Test series.