1st Test
Day-3 Evening Session Highlights:
Bangladesh batters has played a crucial role to reduce the deficit
At The Stumps of Day-3:
Bangladesh scored 316/5 (1st Innings), where as Pakistan scored 448/6 decl. (1st Innings).
Bangladesh trail by 132 runs.
A determined collective effort from the Bangladesh batters narrowed the deficit to 132 runs on Day 3 of the first Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi.
Shadman Islam led the charge with a gritty 93, while the experienced trio of Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, and Litton Das contributed fifties, guiding Bangladesh to 316/5 at stumps.
Shadman and Mominul initiated the first significant partnership, validating David Hemp’s optimism at the close of Day 2, after Pakistan declared at 448/6.
The Pakistan pacers began strongly, keeping the batters on the back foot, resulting in slow progress.
In the extended three-hour morning session, which allowed time for Namaz during the hour-long Lunch break, Pakistan bowled 48 overs, claiming the wickets of Zakir Hasan and captain Najmul Hossain Shanto.
Mominul and Shadman then steadied the innings, forging a slow yet resolute partnership for the next 24.1 overs.
Just before Lunch, Shadman reached his half-century and continued to build momentum in the following session.
Mominul, showing slightly more urgency, was the first to fall early in the second session when Khurram Shahzad delivered a ball that nipped back, breaching Mominul’s defense and hitting the stumps.
He departed after scoring 50.
Mushfiqur Rahim’s arrival sparked another crucial stand worth 52 runs.
Shadman survived an LBW scare through a review and began to play more freely in the latter half of the session, striking six boundaries off Agha Salman and Naseem Shah to move into the 90s.
However, Mohammad Ali halted his progress, dismissing him with a delivery similar to the one that got Mominul.
Shadman fell just seven runs short of his second Test century.
Pakistan’s hopes of a comeback in the final session were thwarted by Mushfiqur and Litton.
Shan Masood introduced Saim Ayub early after Tea, and the move paid off as Shakib Al Hasan fell for 15, becoming Ayub’s first Test wicket.
Despite this breakthrough, Bangladesh responded with resilience as the two senior players added an unbroken 98-run partnership.
As Pakistan took the new ball in the 82nd over, Mushfiqur and Litton became more aggressive, each hitting boundaries at will.
Litton launched an assault on Naseem in one over, smashing him for three fours and a six, bringing Bangladesh’s total past 300 and reaching his 53-ball fifty.
In the final over of the day, Pakistan exhausted their last review in a failed attempt to dismiss Mushfiqur, who ended the day unbeaten on 55.
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