Bangladesh Defeats Pakistan Again by Follow-On Taijul Islam’s superb bowling ruins Pakistan

Bangladesh is on the verge of victory in the ongoing second Test match against Pakistan due to superb bowling performances. Bangladesh forced Pakistan to follow on in their second innings. Taijul Islam bowled brilliantly, taking 4 wickets to put the hosts under severe pressure. At the end of the day’s play, Bangladesh needs only 3 more wickets to win, while Pakistan requires 121 runs to avoid defeat. On the other hand, Pakistan needs to take wickets quickly to save the match. If Bangladesh can claim the remaining three wickets within tomorrow, they will secure a historic win. Following their victory in the first Test, Bangladesh has continued their dominance in the second match as well. Apart from Taijul, Litton Das also played an outstanding role.
With the help of 126 runs, they scored 278 runs. In response, Pakistan scored 202 runs in their first innings. After that, Bangladesh started their second innings and put up a strong fight, scoring 137 runs with Mushfiqur’s attractive performance, alongside Litton Das’s 69 runs, taking the total score to 310 runs. In their second innings, Pakistan lost 4 wickets for just 39 runs. Following this, to chase down the massive target of 407 runs, Pakistan faced a major batting collapse, losing wickets quickly (including the captain’s wicket for 71 runs and Babar Azam’s for 47 runs). At the end of the day’s play, Pakistan managed to score 71 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. By the end of the day, Pakistan remains in a struggling position, trailing by 15 runs.

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