BAN v PAK: 1st Test: Pak 93 runs away at Test win

Chattogram (Bangladesh), Nov 29, : Pakistan is just 93 runs away of winning the first Test against BangladeshPakistan comfortably sat at 109/0 at stumps Monday, and needed only 93 runs to win the final day.

This gave them a 1-0 lead in series.Both openers reached half-centuries in the second Test, putting Pakistan in command of the series.

Earlier, Bangladesh were out for just 157 runs in their first innings, despite Liton Dies fighting half-century.Mushfiqur Rahim was caught in front by Hasan Ali during the first over.

But Liton and Yasir Ali did well, scoring regular boundaries.Both tried to make runs, but the fine bowling of Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali, and Sajid Khan kept Bangladesh batsmen away from opening their mouths.

Das was fortunate when Mohammad Rizwan failed to take a stumping chance against Nauman Alis balling.After Yasirs 31st over, their partnership was broken.

Yasir was hit on the side of the helmet in the 30th over while trying to dodge a bouncer by Afridi.After an on-field concussion testing, Yasir appeared to be fine.

He batted for one over after the incident before deciding to go.As Liton extended their lead to 200, Nurul Hasan, Yasirs concussion replacement, was part of a 38-run partnership.Afridi returned to limit Bangladesh and got Das out lbw.He then bagged his fifth wicket when he got Abu Jayed, the keeper, to glove the ball.Sajid was last to leave, getting Taijul Islam out for 157.Bangladesh were then bowled out for just 202 runs.Brief scores: Bangladesh 330 & 157 (Liton Das 59, Yasir Ali 36; Shaheen Afridi 5-32, Sajid Khan 3-33) vs Pakistan 286 & 109/0 (Abid Ali 56, Abdullah Shafique 53*).inj/bs #Test.