Playing XI prediction, head-to-head statistics, pitch report, and weather update for PAK vs. BAN 2024, second Test match: Here are the playing lineups, head-to-head records, venue information, pitch, and weather updates for the Pakistan vs. Bangladesh second test in 2024.
Second Test between Pakistan and Bangladesh: On Friday, the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi will host the second Test of the two-match Test series between Pakistan and Bangladesh. The first game was lost by the hosts by 10 wickets as a result of some poor selection and strategy decisions.
Shan Masood, the captain, would concede that they misread the pitch, nevertheless. The team did bench Shaheen Shah Afridi, their best pacer, for the second game. Bangladesh’s strategy is to stick to the fundamentals, stay in the game, and use their spinners to deliver a sucker blow, just like they did on the fourth day of the first Test.
Here are all the specifics.
Predicted XI for Pakistan: Agha Salman, Mir Hamza, Naseem Shah, Khurram Shahzad/Mohammad Ali, Abrar Ahmed, Abdullah Shafique, Saim Ayub, Shan Masood (C), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk).
Watch out for Pakistan’s talisman, a key player It seems like Babar Azam has been in a slump in red-ball cricket. Since Pakistan’s tour of Australia earlier this year, he has been in poor form, and he also got off to a slow start in this series. Since Pindi’s surface is so flat, Babar would be trying to return to his previous level of performance.
BAN Projected the following players for the starting lineup: Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana, Mominul Haque, Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das (wk).
Important Bangladeshi player to keep an eye onThere is no surprise in figuring out Bangladesh’s key influencer. For Bangladesh to have a chance to win a series in Pakistan, Shakib Al Hasan will need to contribute with the ball in the second innings with his cunning left-arm orthodox and offer some stability in the middle-order with the bat in both innings.
Squads:
Bangladeshi squad: Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam, Nahid Rana, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Khaled Ahmed, Nayeem Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Taijul Islam; Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das (w).
Pakistan Squad: Abdullah Shafique, Saim Ayub, Shan Masood(c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan(w), Agha Salman, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Ali, Mir Hamza, Kamran Ghulam, Abrar Ahmed, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Mohammad Huraira, Aamer Jamal
Test match head-to-head records between Pakistan and Bangladesh:
Played: 14, Pakistan won 12 of them, Bangladesh won 1, and there was a draw 1.
Bangladesh vs. Pakistan pitch report:
The Rawalpindi pitch, which had been grassy during the first Test, gradually became level over the next few days and behaved like any other subcontinent wicket. The weather delays could, however, slow down the wicket-taking rate, although the second game is predicted to proceed largely in the same manner.
