Overview
- Pakistan, chasing 268 on Tuesday in Dhaka, slipped from 119-3 to 163 all out to hand Bangladesh a 104-run win in the series opener.
- Nahid Rana tore through the chase with 5-40, using pace and late swing to remove key batters including Mohammad Rizwan and seal the result.
- Bangladesh declared at 240-9 to set the target after Najmul Hossain Shanto steered the second innings with a composed 87.
- Earlier, Mehidy Hasan Miraz took 5-102 to bowl Pakistan out for 386 and secure a 27-run first-innings lead after Shanto’s 101 lifted Bangladesh to 413.
- Debutant Azan Awais scored 103 in Pakistan’s first innings, and the second Test starts Saturday in Sylhet with Bangladesh 1-0 up and banking World Test Championship points.