Pakistan achieved a unique feat as they registered a thumping victory inthe second Test match against Bangladesh. Pakistan became only the fourthteam in Test cricket history to win the match by an innings after scoring300 or less runs.
The previous occasion that a team achieved such a feat was in 2016 whenEngland defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 88 runs after scoring only 298runs in their first innings.
Here’s the list of teams with lowest totals batting first in a Test to winby an innings:*Team* *Opponents* *First Innings Total* *Win Margin* *Year*England New Zealand 269/10 Innings & 148 runs 1958India Sri Lanka 288/10 Innings & 8 runs 1990England Sri Lanka 298/10 Innings & 88 runs 2016Pakistan Bangladesh 300/4d Innings & 8 runs 2021
The Men in Green registered a remarkable victory despite the majority ofthe Test match being affected by persistent rain and bad light. A total of214 out of 450 overs were possible over the course of five days butPakistan still managed to defeat the Tigers with a few overs left on thefinal day of the Test match.
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Pakistan batted first and scored 300/4 before declaring in the secondsession on day four of the match. Four Pakistani batters, Azhar Ali, BabarAzam, Fawad Alam, and Mohammad Rizwan scored half-centuries in the innings.Pakistan was only allowed to bowl spinners at the start of Bangladesh’sfirst innings due to bad visibility. The spin attack did the trick as SajidKhan traumatized the opposition’s batting unit, picking up 8 wickets ashosts were bowled out for 87.
Pakistan enforced the follow-on on the fifth day in search of a victory.Bangladesh’s top order faltered once again this time at the hands ofShaheen Afridi and Hasan Ali before the off-spinner Sajid Khan came back tohaunt them once again. With only a few overs left in the day, Pakistanmanaged to bowl Bangladesh out once again and register a monumental victoryby an innings and 8 wickets.
