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Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam claimed 4 wickets arsenic Bangladesh moved wrong 3 wickets of a bid expanse against Pakistan aft reducing the tourists to 316-7 connected time 4 of the 2nd trial successful the pursuit of an improbable 437.
Mohammad Rizwan was batting connected 75 arsenic the past anticipation for Pakistan, with Sajid Khan connected 8 astatine stumps. Salman Agha and skipper Shan Masood added 71 runs each to assistance Pakistan instrumentality the trial to a 5th day.
Taijul enactment Bangladesh connected top, breaking the threatening concern of Agha and Rizwan, who shared 134 runs for the sixth wicket to springiness Pakistan a glimmer of hope. Taijul bowled Agha with a slider to interruption the stubborn rearguard earlier removing Hasan Ali for duck.
Fast bowler Nahid Rana took 2-58 with earthy gait that troubled Pakistan passim the day. He gave Bangladesh the archetypal breakthrough erstwhile helium dismissed Abdullah Fazal (6), who steered a short-pitch shot to gully.
Soon after, offspinner Mehidy Hasan trapped Azan Awais lbw for 21, giving Bangladesh power of the game.
But Masood and Babar Azam resisted, negotiating Nahid Rana's bowling good and keeping the runs flowing. The 91-run basal betwixt them came to an extremity erstwhile Taijul strangled Babar down the limb for 47.
Saud Shakeel past edged a pacy transportation of Nahid down portion Taijul had Masood caught astatine short-leg, leaving Pakistan 162-6 arsenic Bangladesh sensed a triumph wrong 4 days.
But Rizwan, who showed grit successful valuing his wicket, swept Taijul past quadrate limb for bound to rise his 14th 50 and Agha joined him soon after, getting to his 12th 50 disconnected 74 balls.
However, an ambitious changeable got the amended of Agha arsenic Taijul kept Bangladesh connected the beforehand foot.
Bangladesh was bowled retired for 278 successful the archetypal innings, acknowledgment to Litton Das' 126 earlier dismissing Pakistan for 232.
The hosts rode connected a 137 from Mushfiqur Rahim to enactment connected 390 successful the 2nd innings, mounting Pakistan the 400-plus people for a series-leveling victory.
No different squad has successfully chased much than 418 runs for triumph successful trial cricket.
Bangladesh won the archetypal trial by 104 runs and is bidding for 2nd successive bid expanse implicit Pakistan.
