*Official* Bangladesh Tour of Pakistan- Test Series

[AndyZaltzHair]

The series is scheduled as follows:

1st Test: Pakistan vs Bangladesh

• Date: August 21-25, 2024
• Venue: Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
• Start Time: 10:00 AM local time

2nd Test: Pakistan vs Bangladesh

• Date: August 30 - September 2, 2024
• Venue: Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
• Start Time: 10:00 AM local time

Squads

Pakistan Squad:

• Shan Masood (Captain)
• Saud Shakeel (Vice-Captain)
• Aamir Jamal
• Abdullah Shafique
• Abrar Ahmed
• Babar Azam
• Kamran Ghulam
• Khurram Shahzad
• Mir Hamza
• Mohammad Ali
• Mohammad Huraira
• Mohammad Rizwan (Wicket-Keeper)
• Naseem Shah
• Saim Ayub
• Salman Ali Agha
• Sarfaraz Ahmed (Wicket-Keeper)
• Shaheen Shah Afridi

Bangladesh Squad:

• Najmul Hossain Shanto (Captain)
• Mahmudul Hasan Joy
• Zakir Hasan
• Shadman Islam
• Mominul Haque
• Mushfiqur Rahim
• Shakib Al Hasan
• Litton Kumer Das (Wicket-Keeper)
• Mehidy Hasan Miraz
• Taijul Islam
• Nayeem Hasan
• Nahid Rana
• Shoriful Islam
• Hasan Mahmud
• Taskin Ahmed
• Syed Khaled Ahmed

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

I can't believe Hridoy still has not been given a test cap are the selectors crazy

 

[nightprowler10]

Thank God they moved the test out of Karachi. Playing a test in a stadium under construction would have been idiotic.

 

[andruid]

Schedule a third test match!

 

[Silver Silva]

Why don't they take an early lunch at 11 and come out play at 12 , Test cricket makes no sense at times

 

[trundler]

An hour long delay between inspections when the sun is out is unacceptable

 

[Silver Silva]

Also if you know the weather is bad why not cover the whole ground before match ?

If you can move a test venue for a match you can definitely prepare for rain ..

This is how we do it in Sri Lanka and even though we get bad rains we have a good success rate in getting matches under way..

Also reading reports it seems that there was a concern about the outfield rather than the actual pitch , and it hasn't been raining for hours so why not do the toss ? The ICC is absolutely incompetent!

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Test cricket does itself no favors sadly.

 

[Silver Silva]

There will be another inspection after lunch at 1pm

There needs to be a punishment for this

 

[Xtreme93]

Rain has stopped around 6 7 hours ago and still they are unable to clear ground... And the umpires and captains are high or something i can't understand

 

[trundler]

This makes no sense at all. They've lost 2 sessions of play in bright sunshine.

 

[danzydab]

very poor from the groundstaff. the test match will start approximately 1 hour 45 minutes from now. 2:30pm local time.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Only good news is that Papon resigned finally. End of an era.

 

[GirthQuake]

Just pakistan things

 

[Apex Predator]

Heard Nahid Rana might play for BD today. He is probably fastest pacer from either side.
Let's goo

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Heard Nahid Rana might play for BD today. He is probably fastest pacer from either side.
Let's goo

He didnt quite live up to expectation though. Clocked like 146-147 kph then deep into the test he fell away and clocked 140 range. Dont know if fitness issue but hoping for the best this time around

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Shoriful, Hasan Mahmud and Nahid Rana. Lets go.

 

[Howe_zat]

Visitors win the toss and bowl, which suggests the surface here has changed a fair bit from the last 3 tests in 'Pindi.

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Bangladesh: Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Kumer Das (wk), Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana

Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Saim Ayub, Shan Masood (c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Ali, Khurram Shahzad

 

[the big bambino]

He didnt quite live up to expectation though. Clocked like 146-147 kph then deep into the test he fell away and clocked 140 range. Dont know if fitness issue but hoping for the best this time around

You’d expect that. It’s still pretty quick

 

[trundler]

Visitors win the toss and bowl, which suggests the surface here has changed a fair bit from the last 3 tests in 'Pindi.

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Bangladesh: Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Kumer Das (wk), Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana

Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Saim Ayub, Shan Masood (c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Ali, Khurram Shahzad