Mehidy Hasan bamboozles Pakistan batters as Bangladesh end Day 2 on positive note

Off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz grabbed an impressive 5-wicket haul to help Bangladesh bowl out Pakistan for 274 on the second day of the second Test in Rawalpindi on Saturday. The 26-year-old recorded his 10th fifer in Tests to cap a good day for the visitors, who are aiming to win only their third away series.

Mehidy also produced brilliant figures of 4/21 during the first Test which ended up turning the match in Bangladesh’s favour and massively helped the visitors to win the encounter by 10 wickets.

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During the second Test, Mehidy dismissed Pakistan captain Shan Masood for 57 and opener Saim Ayub for 58 after the home team had been well-placed on 99/1 at lunch.

He would then pick up the wickets of Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Ali and Abrar Ahmed to end the innings with amazing figures of 5/61.

The spinner was also assisted well by pacer Taskin Ahmed who also took great figures of 3/57. Taskin dismissed opener Abdullah Shafique for a duck before taking important wickets of Saud Shakeel and Agha Salman.

Bangladesh would only face 2 overs before the day would come to an end. The visitors finished on the score of 10/0 with opening batters Shadman Islam and Zakir Hasan batting on 6 and 0 respectively.