Bangladesh recover to seal series win over Pakistan

Bangladesh held their nervus successful a tricky run-chase to hit Pakistan successful nan 2nd Test successful Rawalpindi and complete their first-ever bid triumph complete nan hosts.

Chasing 185 for their third-highest successful Test run-chase, nan Tigers were composed arsenic they sealed a celebrated six-wicket win.

It completed a singular turnaround for Bangladesh, who had slipped to 26-6 successful their first innings earlier Litton Das (138) and Mehidy Hasan Miraz (78) put connected 165 for nan seventh wicket to thief nan visitors to 262 - a shortage of conscionable 12 runs.

Seamer Hasan Mahmud took 5-43 and 21-year-old accelerated bowler Nahid Rana, who deed bowling speeds successful excess of 93mph, returned 4-44 arsenic Pakistan were bundled retired for 172 wrong 47 overs successful their 2nd innings.

That group up Bangladesh's fifth-day run-chase and each of their apical six passed 20 to unafraid a triumph which moves them to 4th successful nan World Test Championship table, up of fifth-placed England.

The apical 2 sides - presently India and Australia - will meet successful nan last astatine Lord's adjacent summer.

Pakistan, who big England for 3 Tests successful October, are eighth and are now winless astatine location successful 10 Tests - their worst tally since an 11-game agelong betwixt 1969 and 1975.