Pakistan have been saved by the southpaw duo of Saud Shakeel and Saim Ayub. After being put in to bat first, the hosts lost three early wickets in the first hour and looked in dire straits. It was then Shakeel and Saim’s 98-run stand that saved them, as both went on to score match-saving fifties. Saim departed for 56, while Shakeel and Mohammed Rizwan are unbeaten at the end of the rain-hit Day 1 of the PAK vs BAN 1st Test.
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PAK vs BAN 1st Test: Playing XI
Pakistan: Shan Masood (c), Saud Shakeel (vc), Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Khurram Shehzad, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, and Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Bangladesh: Zakir Hasan, Shadman Islam, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mominul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Shoriful Islam, Nahid Rana, Syed Khaled Ahmed