PAK vs BAN: How Indian fans reacted to Pakistan's humbling 2-match Test series loss to Bangladesh
The Bangladesh team, which arrived in Pakistan as the underdogs, faced challenges but emerged victorious with a 2-0 clean sweep in the Test series.
PAK vs BAN
While Indian fans did not get to watch the game live, they were certainly up to date and knew that this was no fluke victory for Bangladesh over Pakistan. The Bangladesh team, which arrived in Pakistan as the underdogs, faced challenges but emerged victorious with a 2-0 clean sweep in the Test series. The Bangla Tigers were better coached, better captained, and appeared to be more skilled as they overcame tough situations to gain control of the game and win it with ease.
This humbling defeat of Pakistan on their own home ground by the 9th-ranked Bangladesh team will linger for a while. As world cricket witnesses the rise of strong teams in Asia, Indian fans were at the forefront, sharing their verdicts on the outcome of the series won by Bangladesh.
Taking to X (formerly known as Twitter), Indian cricket fans trolled the Pakistan team, which has now gone 10 Tests at home without a win (six defeats and four draws)—the longest such streak for any team at home this century, excluding Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.
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This was the seventh encounter between the two teams, with Pakistan having won all six of the previous Test series. Few took Bangladesh seriously when they arrived at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, but they proved everyone wrong. In the first Test, Pakistan lost by 10 wickets, and in the second Test, they were defeated by 6 wickets. Both matches seemed to slip away easily from Pakistan's grasp.
In the first innings, Bangladesh chose to bowl first and dismissed the hosts for 274, with Mehidy Hasan taking five wickets. Although Bangladesh was in trouble at 26/6, Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan came together in a crucial partnership to turn the game around. Litton scored a century, reducing the deficit to just 12 runs.
In the second innings, Bangladesh's pace bowlers, Nahid Rana and Hasan Mahmud, combined to take 9 wickets and restrict Pakistan to 172 runs. In their response, Bangladesh began strongly with Zakir Hasan attacking aggressively. Despite a few wickets falling later in the day, the experience of Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim guided the team to a historic series victory.
Updated: September 03, 2024 05:08 PM IST
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