Overview
- Bangladesh, which closed out the second Test on Wednesday in Sylhet, bowled Pakistan out for 358 to seal a 78-run win while defending 437, a total no team has ever chased in Tests.
- Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam finished with 6-120 after taking four on Day 4, removing the last two wickets to end the chase and complete his 18th five-wicket haul.
- Mohammad Rizwan’s 94 kept Pakistan in the contest through a 134-run stand with Salman Ali Agha and a 54-run partnership with Sajid Khan before Shoriful Islam had him caught at gully.
- Bangladesh set up the match through Litton Das’s 126 in a rescue first innings and Mushfiqur Rahim’s 137 in the second as they posted 278 and 390 to build the imposing target.
- The series win is Bangladesh’s first over Pakistan at home and their second straight 2-0 sweep of this opponent after 2024, underlining rapid gains in their red-ball game.