Bangladesh A defeated Pakistan Shaheens by just five runs in the second four-day match after an exciting contest.
Pakistan Shaheens had a target of 296 runs to win, but the team was dismissed by scoring 290 runs on the last day of the match. The eighth-wicket partnership of fast bowlers Muhammad Ali and Khurram Shahzad gave hope of victory, but as soon as both were dismissed, The situation changed, and Bangladesh A took the last three wickets to achieve a dramatic victory.
In the first Test match, Pakistan Shaheens defeated Bangladesh A by 148 runs.
Pakistan Shaheens started their second innings on 136 for 4, needing 160 more to win with six wickets remaining.
Haseebullah added only seven runs and got out for 51 runs. Tayyab Tahir and Umirr bin Yousuf added 65 runs in the sixth-wicket partnership. Umair scored 45 with four fours, and Tayyab scored 43 with three fours.
Pakistan’s seventh wicket fell for 230 runs. On this occasion, Muhammad Ali and Khurram Shehzad made 57 runs in the eighth wicket partnership while batting responsibly, but both were dismissed one after another.
Muhammad Ali scored 21 runs with four fours, and Khurram Shahzad played an innings of 28 runs with one six and three fours.
The last player, Faisal Akram, was also bowled by Murad for one run, and Bangladesh won this match by five runs.
Pakistan Shaheen’s white-ball side will play two ODIs against NT Strike and Bangladesh A on August 4 and 6. After that, they will participate in the top-end T20 series starting on August 9.
