PAK vs BAN: Litton Das Humiliates Babar, Takes Out Anger On Naseem Shah After Being Sledged by Azam

PAK vs BAN 1st Test: There is no shortage of drama in the ongoing first Test that is being played between Pakistan vs Bangladesh at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi. The first day of the Test match was delayed by continuous rains in Rawalpindi which exposed the infrastructure at the Pakistan Cricket Board's disposal. The situation at the Rawalpindi stadium was so bad that the match officials had to call early lunch to assign additional time to the ground staff.

Litton Das Humiliates Babar Azam

Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bowl in the first Test. The strategy backfired for Bangladesh in many ways as the hosts scored 448 at the loss of six wickets. Saud Shakeel scored a stellar 141 runs off 261 balls. Pakistan's wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan too joined Shakeel in his heroics and scored 171 runs after playing 239 balls.

While Bangladesh were trying to reduce Pakistan's lead, Babar Azam decided to sledge Litton Das and it backfired. Babar Azam and Litton indulged in an intense war of words, but it was Naseem Shah who had to pay. Soon after Azam sledged das, he hit Naseem for eighteen runs off six legal deliveries. On the end of day 3, Pakistan are still trailing by 132 runs.

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Bangladesh Trail In 1st Test

Bangladesh still trails Pakistan by 132 runs after Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel hit centuries in the home team's 448-6 declared.

Mushfiqur Rahim (55 not out) and Litton Das (52 not out) are at the crease. They added an enterprising 98 runs in the latter half of the first session. Both batters stood firm against Shaheen Shah Afridi (0-55) and Naseem Shah (1-77), who couldn't separate the two with the second new ball late on Day 3. Das reached his fifty off 52 balls when he struck three fours and a pulled six in Shah's over. Mushfiqur also made a well composed half century in his first test after 10 months.

Mominul Haque hit an attractive 50 off 76 balls and, together with Shadman, revived Bangladesh innings by combining in a 94-run third-wicket stand after the visitors lost two early wickets in an extended three-hour first session. Pakistan broke that threatening stand soon after lunch when Mominul's off stump was knocked over by Khurram Shahzad (2-47), who posed problems to the Bangladesh left-handers while bowling around the wicket and was the standout seam bowler of the day.

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Pakistan went for an unsuccessful lbw television referral before Mushfiqur had scored. Shadman, on 57, successfully overturned an onfield lbw decision against him by spinner Salman Ali Agha.

Shadman accelerated after that and struck six more boundaries before Ali got his first success off a sharp incoming delivery as the left-hander departed after hitting 12 boundaries in his 183-ball patient knock.

With the old soft ball not doing much for the pace bowlers on a greenish wicket, part-time off-spinner Saim Ayub got his first test wicket in his first over when Shakib Al Hasan was caught at cover by skipper Shan Masood after making nearly a run-a-ball 15 before Musfiqur and Das dominated against the pace of Afridi and Shah.

(With PTI Inputs)