Mohammad Rizwan’s valiant effort with the bat went in useless as Pakistan suffered a humiliating 10-wicket loss towards Bangladesh within the lately concluded Rawalpindi Take a look at.
The wicketkeeper-batsman top-scored for his crew in each the innings however his efforts weren’t sufficient for Pakistan to keep away from a first-ever Take a look at defeat towards Bangladesh. Within the first innings, the right-handed batsman scored a superb century that helped Pakistan get well from a poor begin and put up a giant complete.
Requested to bat first, Pakistan had been reeling at 16 for 3 after which 114 for 4 earlier than Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan scored sensible tons to bail their crew out of hassle. Whereas Shakeel was out for 141 runs, his companion remained unbeaten on 171 runs as Pakistan declared their innings on 448/6.
In reply, a shocking 191-run knock from veteran batsman Mushfiqur Rahim helped Bangladesh pile up 565 runs to take a giant lead of 117 runs. On the fifth day of the Take a look at, Pakistan suffered an inexplicable collapse and had been bowled out for simply 146 runs after beginning the day on 23 for 1. Mohammad Rizwan impressed with the bat within the second innings too as he scored 51 runs.
Set a goal of 30 runs, Bangladesh chased down the whole in lower than 7 overs with out dropping a wicket to register a historic win. Earlier than this win, Bangladesh had confronted Pakistan in 13 Assessments and misplaced 12 of them whereas drawing one.
Mohammad Rizwan shatters Rishabh Pant’s report:
Mohammad Rizwan has shattered his India counterpart Rishabh Pant’s report after starring with the bat in each innings towards Bangladesh. He now holds the report for a wicketkeeper scoring most runs in a World Take a look at Championship match.
The Pakistan star scored 222 runs within the Rawalpindi Take a look at. The report was beforehand held by Rishabh Pant who had scored 203 runs within the 2023 Edgbaston Take a look at towards England. Pant had scored 146 runs within the first innings earlier than scoring 57 runs within the second. Nevertheless, similar to Rizwan, Pant had additionally did not energy India to a victory or perhaps a draw.
Rizwan additionally broke the 44-year-old report of wicketkeeper-batters scoring most runs in a Take a look at match for Pakistan. The report was beforehand held by Taslim Arif, who scored 210 runs towards Australia within the 1980 Faislabad Take a look at.
