This victory marked solely Bangladesh’s second bilateral sequence win of two or extra Exams away from dwelling, the primary since their 2009 triumph in opposition to the West Indies.The guests received the opening Take a look at by 10 wickets and wrapped up the second in simply 4 days, regardless of the primary day being washed out in Rawalpindi.
“Extraordinarily disenchanted, we have been excited for the house season. The story has been the identical as Australia, we have now not learnt our classes. We thought we have been taking part in good cricket in Australia however not doing the job, that is one thing we have to work on,” Pakistan captain Masood mentioned.
Masood expressed frustration over the workforce’s recurring failures: “It has occurred 4 occasions in my tenure that we have now left the workforce again into the competition once we have been dominating. I feel Take a look at cricket calls for one thing else by way of health. We performed 4 quick bowlers within the first Take a look at and the rationale was we thought the workload can be an excessive amount of for 3 individuals to handle. And that was proved on this recreation once we misplaced a quick bowler in every innings. I feel even on this Take a look at match, having simply 3 bowlers and a couple of spinners was much less, we might have performed with one other pacer”.
Reflecting on the primary innings, Masood acknowledged missed alternatives and mentioned: “274 was a great rating within the first innings, me and Saim might have gotten extra runs like Litton. However we should always have performed higher from having them at 26/6. That is one thing we have to work on and work on shortly. It is not all doom and gloom, there are all the time learnings. We received Shaheen and Naseem again within the fold, Shaheen has performed persistently for a yr throughout codecs and we won’t maintain throwing him within the deep finish. However we have to get fitter, neater and put together higher. It’s going to be an extended Take a look at and home season and we must be higher ready for England”.
The defeat in opposition to Bangladesh prolonged Pakistan’s depressing dwelling document in Exams to 10 matches with out a win.
Pakistan’s final dwelling victory was in December 2021 in opposition to South Africa in Rawalpindi.
Since taking up as Take a look at captain final yr, Masood has now endured two consecutive clear sweeps, having misplaced 3-0 to Australia beforehand.
