Bad light and then rain brought an early end to the proceedings of the fourth day as Bangladesh reached 42-0 in seven overs at stumps, needing 143 runs on the final day to win the second Test against Pakistan and complete a historic 2-0 series win at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

Trinbago Knight Riders batter Pooran crossed Gayle's record of 135 sixes, which has stood since 2015, when he hit 9 sixes in his innings against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots to increase tally of sixes to 139 in 2024. 

Atkinson became only the third man to bag five wickets in an innings and score a century in the same Lord's Test, following India's Vinoo Mankad in 1952 and Ian Botham for England against Pakistan in 1978.

Liton Das paid credit to the contributions made by Miraz and Mahmud at the conclusion of play and said his innings was just behind his career-best hand of 141 against Sri Lanka in 2022.

Compared to his bowling, Miraz’s batting talents are often downplayed. But yesterday, with Bangladesh teetering on the brink on 26-6, the 26-year-old showed his class.

A day that had Bangladesh staring at ignominy in the morning ended with them in the ascendency, owing to the tremendous resolve of Liton Das and Mehedi Hasan Miraz as their historic stand fueled the tourists’ fightback on the third day of the second Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi yesterday.

Liton demonstrated the shrewdness of his game during two immense partnerships: first with Miraz and then with an unlikely Hasan Mahmud.

The 29-year-old became the first batter to have scored three centuries as a number 6 or 7 batter after coming in to bat with the team’s score below 50 runs, and in this regard, he must thank Mehedi Hasan Miraz and Hasan Mahmud.

Liton Das and Mehedi Hasan Miraz achieved a never before done feat in Test cricket today, becoming the only pair in history to form a partnership of over 150 runs for the seventh or lower wicket after the team had lost six wickets for less than 50 runs on the board.

Bangladeshi leg-spinner Rishad Hossain has been picked by Big Bash League outfit Hobart Hurricanes for the upcoming edition of the franchise T20 league.

Liton's 138 and Miraz's 78 were the highlight of the Bangladesh innings.

The ‘A’ team head coach Mizanur Rahman Babul pointed out several positives from his side's recently concluded tour of Pakistan.

England's Joe Root said he had lost none of his desire to score runs for his country and get better as a player after compiling his 34th Test century on Saturday at Lord's in the second test against Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh speedster Taskin Ahmed made an instant impact on his return to Test cricket after 14 months as he came up with a sensational bowling performance on the second day of the second Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi yesterday.

Bangladesh bowlers, led by off-spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz, had a field day on Day 2 of the second Test against Pakistan at the Rawalpindi Stadium yesterday as their efforts bundled out the hosts for 274.

Root, who made 143 in the first innings to move level with the previous England record of 33 hundreds held by the retired Alastair Cook, went to a century on Saturday's third day when he cut Lahiru Kumara for the 10th four off 111 balls faced.

Bangladesh men’s Under-19 team will undergo a training camp in Rajshahi on September 10-29 ahead of their upcoming home series against the UAE, which will kickstart a jam-packed period of competitive cricket for the young Tigers.

Pacer Nahid Rana ended Mohammad Rizwan's resistance on 29, as Pakistan are noe six down for 211 in the third session on Day 2 of the second and last Test against Bangladesh at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium today.

Gus Atkinson scored a dashing maiden century before England strengthened their grip on the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's on Friday.

Bangladesh ‘A’ team lost the three-match one-day series against Pakistan Shaheens 1-0 after the third and final match was abandoned due to persistent rain and wet outfield at the Islamabad County Club Oval on Friday.