
Rahul Tiwari
khelja|01-09-2024
The second test match being played between Pakistan and Bangladesh in Rawalpindi is proving to be difficult for the batsmen. After the havoc created by Bangladeshi spinner Mehdi Hasan Miraz in the Pakistani innings, the fast bowlers wreaked havoc during the Bangladeshi batting. Pakistani pacer Khurram Shahzad put Bangladesh in trouble by destroying its top order. Despite this, when he was breathing fire, Litton Das and Miraz together hit so many boundaries in a single over of Khurram that the Pakistan captain had to remove him from bowling.
The Rawalpindi Test match, which started on the second day due to rain, has seen a fall of wickets so far.
First of all, Bangladesh, on the basis of Mirage's 5 wickets, had bowled out Pakistan for just 274 runs in the first innings. Then, the Bangladeshi team, which came out to continue its innings on the morning of the third day, was destroyed by Pakistan's pace attack. The Pakistani team, which came out without Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah, got a great start due to the pace of Khurram Shahzad and Mir Hamza and lost 6 wickets for just 26 runs.Khurram Shahzad, who failed in the last test, showed his prowess this time and took 4 out of the first 6 wickets.
In such a situation, when it seemed that the Bangladeshi team would not be able to score even 50 runs or even reach close to 100 runs, then Miraj and Litton handled the innings and took the team close to 100 runs. Then the moment came when Litton and Miraj decided to take revenge from Khurram for the condition of their team. In one over of Khurram Shahzad, Litton showed aggressive attitude and expressed his intention to attack by hitting 3 consecutive fours on the first 3 balls. Then Miraj, who came on strike on the fifth ball of the over, also scored 4 runs by hitting a beautiful shot.In this way, both of them together scored the same number of fours in the over as the number of wickets Khurram had taken in Bangladesh's innings. The result of this attack was that Pakistani captain Shan Masood was forced to remove Khurram Shahzad from bowling, even though he was proving to be the most effective bowler of the team. As far as Litton and Miraj are concerned, these two batsmen, who came at number seven and eight, improved the condition of the team and made a century partnership by completing their respective half-centuries.




