SYLHET, Bangladesh (AP) — Pace bowler Mohammad Abbas claimed 2-22 as Pakistan reduced Bangladesh to 101-3 at lunch on Day 1 of the second cricket test on Saturday.
Earlier this week, fast bowler Nahid Rana claimed five wickets in the second innings as Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 104 runs in Dhaka in the opening match of the two-test series.
Abbas struck in the second ball of the innings Saturday, dismissing Mahmudul Hasan for a duck after Pakistan won the toss and chose to bowl first.
Tanzid Hasan, making his test debut, counterattacked to lift the side from early trouble. He struck Abbas with a cover-driven boundary before attacking Khurram Shahzad, one of the three changes of Pakistan from the opening test.
Tanzid offered a return catch to pacer Hasan, who fell awkwardly to grab the catch in the eighth over of the game and was immediately taken off the field.
Tanzid top-edged a short delivery to give Abbas a return catch for 26, ending the 44-run partnership with Mominul. Mominul, who made half-centuries in both innings of the first test, was bowled by Shahzad for 22 to leave Bangladesh 63-3.
Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto, fresh from his 101 and 87, led the recovery alongside Mushfiqur Rahim as Bangladesh ended the morning session without further trouble. Shanto was batting on 26 with Mushfiqur Rahim on 18 at the lunch break.
At the toss, leading Pakistan batter Babar Azam was back in the squad after missing the first test because of a left knee injury.
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