Pakistan Vs Bangladesh
Pakistan struggled at 158 for four in the first test against Bangladesh. After the out of Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood, and Babar Azam finally, Saud Shakeel and Saim Ayub helped the Pakistan innings but when the players were comfortable with the Bangladesh bowlers then theses both players searched for the boundary but Saim Ayub searching for the long shots as well and he tried more than 2 times for it but always he failed till 15th overs. Also to hit those shots, the chances for his out were also increasing.
By the way, I have been noticed a thing, the Bangladesh bowlers were trying to hit the full bouncy ball in the offside to Saim Ayub that is even more than Saim Ayub’s height. So, I understand the tactic of their bowlers, Saim Ayub is too weak to hit shots on the bouncy balls.
Bangladesh's bowlers bowled very well early on against hosts Pakistan at which point Pakistan lost three wickets for 14 runs including Babar Azam's dismissal for 0 runs by Md Shariful Islam. At first, Pakistan's batting style looked like they might be all out within several hundred runs. At that moment of danger for the team, Saud Shakeel and Saim Ayub managed the situation by making a partnership of 98 runs. Then again Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan put together an incredible 240-run stand against Bangladesh. Both of these batsmen have completed centuries but among them Mohammad Rizwan is still unbeaten. Mohammad Rizwan has already completed 150 runs for Pakistan and he is slowly moving towards a double century. Pakistan's current team collection is 416 runs for 6 wickets.Pakistan struggled at 158 for four in the first test against Bangladesh. After the out of Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood, and Babar Azam finally, Saud Shakeel and Saim Ayub helped the Pakistan innings but when the players were comfortable with the Bangladesh bowlers then theses both players searched for the boundary but Saim Ayub searching for the long shots as well and he tried more than 2 times for it but always he failed till 15th overs. Also to hit those shots, the chances for his out were also increasing.
By the way, I have been noticed a thing, the Bangladesh bowlers were trying to hit the full bouncy ball in the offside to Saim Ayub that is even more than Saim Ayub’s height. So, I understand the tactic of their bowlers, Saim Ayub is too weak to hit shots on the bouncy balls.
In the beginning of this match Bangladesh was completely in control of the game and even now Pakistan is completely in control of the game. It will be difficult for Bangladesh to surpass the number of runs that Pakistan team will score at the moment. Maybe there are not so many skillful and patient batsmen in the Bangladesh team like Pakistan who have the mentality of batting for a long time.
Bangladesh started pretty decently. But after that, Pakistan had a great partnership. 141 from Shakeel and 171 not out from Rizwan actually took the game far away from Bangladesh. And now the second day has finished and Bangladesh has started their first innings. Pakistan put on 448. That is a huge total for a team like Bangladesh, especially in test cricket.
We all know that Bangladesh is not that good in test cricket. So I think this Bangladesh team is going to struggle a lot to get close to the target. I actually think Bangladesh is already thinking about going for the draw and not thinking about winning. After all, that’s the mentality of the Bangladesh cricket team, especially since we saw the match of Bangladesh versus Afghanistan in the World Cup. Bangladesh could easily have gone for the win. But it seems like recently Bangladesh has always trying to play it safe. Bangladesh have scored 27 in 12 overs. That's why I'm saying they have already started playing it safe.
