Bangladesh cricket team captain Mushfiqur Rahim, second from left, and his teammates celebrate their victory against Australia during the fourth day of their first cricket test match in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Mushfiqur Rahim dug in to score a superb 191 and share a record with Mehidy Hasan Miraz as Bangladesh nullified Pakistan’s pace attack in the first Test on Saturday.
Mushfiqur’s 11th Test century, and his first against Pakistan, came in over 8½ hours and lifted Bangladesh to 565 all out on Day 4.
It was Bangladesh’s third-highest score away from home as Pakistan’s strategy of using four fast bowlers did not work on a greenish wicket that tilted considerably for batting.
Pakistan, who had declared on 448-6 in their first innings, lost opener Saim Ayub early in the second and were 23-1 at stumps, trailing by 94 runs. Abdullah Shafique was not out on 12, while captain Shan Masood was unbeaten on 9.
Mushfiqur’s marathon 341-ball knock, which included 22 fours and a six, ended in the final session when he attempted a square cut against Khurram Shahzad’s good-length delivery and was caught behind.
Mushfiqur and No. 8 Mehidy, who scored 77, made the four fast bowlers work in hot and humid conditions as they put on a 196-run partnership, the highest seventh-wicket partnership in a Test against Pakistan.
He broke the 48-year-old record of Richard Hadlee and Warren Lees. The New Zealand pair scored 186 against Pakistan in Karachi in 1976.
Naseem Shah took 3-93 and fellow pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi took two wickets in the end to finish with 2-88. The other two seamers Khurram Shahzad and Mohammad Ali claimed two wickets each.
All-rounder Salman Ali Agha (41) completed the most overs, after Pakistan opted not to use a slow-bowling specialist. Mushfiqur countered the off-spinner, who finished with 0-136.
Salman was unlucky not to be among the wickets when Babar Azam lost a catch at leg slip when Mushfiqur was on 150. Wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan also failed to hold on to a catch at legside off Mehidy when he was on 52.
Salman also dropped Mehidy off Afridi before finally latching onto the batsman’s edge in the slips to make amends for his earlier lapse.
Resuming at 316-5, Shah trapped Litton Das (56) inside the first hour but Mushfiqur and Mehidy kept the bowlers at bay.
Mushfiqur was on 59 when he overturned umpire Richard Kettleborough’s lbw decision via a television decision before Shah beat Das with extra pace.
It ended a 114-company joint venture between Litton and Mushfiqur.
Mushfiqur brought up his century in the penultimate over before lunch when he swept Salman for two.
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First published: August 24, 2024 | 20:43 IS
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