{"id":2380,"date":"2026-05-13T12:10:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T06:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2380"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:10:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T06:40:51","slug":"bangladesh-seals-historic-test-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/news\/bangladesh-seals-historic-test-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh Seals Historic Test Victory Over Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bangladesh created history at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka after defeating Pakistan by 104 runs in the opening Test of the two-match series.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The memorable victory marked Bangladesh\u2019s first-ever home Test win over Pakistan and continued their growing dominance in the rivalry after the 2-0 series sweep in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chasing a target of 268 on the final day, Pakistan\u2019s batting lineup collapsed under pressure and was bowled out for just 163.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast bowler Nahid Rana emerged as the hero for Bangladesh with a sensational five-wicket haul that completely changed the match during the final session. His fiery spell removed key batters Saud Shakeel, <a href=\"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/players\/mohammad-rizwan\">Mohammad Rizwan<\/a>, and Noman Ali in quick succession, ending Pakistan\u2019s hopes of survival in Dhaka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bangladesh\u2019s victory was built on an outstanding all-round performance throughout the Test. After being asked to bat first, the hosts posted 413 runs in the first innings with captain Najmul Hossain Shanto leading from the front with a brilliant century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mominul Haque and Mushfiqur Rahim also made important contributions to help Bangladesh secure a strong position in the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistan responded with 386 runs, thanks to a fighting century from debutant Azan Awais and valuable knocks from Abdullah Fazal and Salman Ali Agha. However, Bangladesh maintained control by taking a crucial first-innings lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the second innings, Shanto once again played a captain\u2019s knock with 87 runs as Bangladesh declared at 240 for 9, setting Pakistan a challenging fourth-innings target. Taskin Ahmed and Taijul Islam provided early breakthroughs before Nahid Rana delivered the decisive spell late in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The historic win also boosted Bangladesh in the ICC World Test Championship standings as they climbed to sixth position. Pakistan, meanwhile, slipped further down the table after another disappointing batting performance under pressure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2381,"template":"","tags":[63,957,921],"ppma_author":[488],"class_list":["post-2380","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bangladesh-cricket","tag-bangladesh-vs-pakistan","tag-nahid-rana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2380"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricbex.com\/story\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=2380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}