Bangladesh plummeting towards innings defeat
Younis Khan smashed an unbeaten double-century.
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Bangladesh made 134/4 in their second innings on the 3rd day of 1st Test in reply to Pakistan's 594 in the first innings in Chittagong. The hosts trail by 325 runs.
Earlier Pakistan declared at 594/5 in reply to Bangladesh’s first innings meager score of 135. Younis Khan made an unbeaten 200 while Hafeez was second top scorer with 143. Asad Shafiq too scored 104.
Off-spinner Mohammad Hafeez, who was pressed into the attack after only five overs, struck with his fifth delivery after the tea break when he bowled opener Tamim Iqbal for 15.
Bangladesh lost three wickets in the space of six runs after Nazimuddin and Shahriar Nafees added 50 for the second wicket, with off-spinner Saeed Ajmal, left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman and paceman Aizaz Cheema doing the damage.
Nafees made 28 and Nasir Hossain three while Mohammad Ashraful failed to open his account before Nazimuddin and Shakib added 54 for the unbroken fifth-stand stand to steady the innings.
Pakistan declared their innings in the afternoon session immediately after Younis turned left-arm spinner Shakib to square-leg for two runs to complete his double-century, his third score of 200 or more in 72 Tests. Younis dominated the Bangladeshi attack with rich strokeplay, hitting three sixes and 18 fours in his 290-ball knock.
Bangladesh continued to struggle for success as they took more than a session to get their lone wicket, but not before Younis and Shafiq had put on 259 for the fifth wicket. Left-arm spinner Elias Sunny broke the stand when he dismissed Shafiq, who cracked two sixes and nine fours in his 235-ball innings before being caught by Nafees at long-off while going for a big shot.
Pakistan added 179 runs after resuming at 415-4. Younis, 96 overnight, reached his 19th Test hundred in the opening over when he flicked paceman Shahadat Hossain for a four. He was later caught off a Rubel Hossain no-ball by Sunny at deep square-leg on 138. Sunny finished with 3-123, while off-spinner Mohammad Mahmudullah and Shahadat took one wicket each.
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