Pakistan vs Bangladesh Scorecard, 1st Test, Pakistan in Bangladesh 2026
Result · May 08 2026, Fri - 09:15 AM (IST)
BANGLADESH413, 240/9 decl
PAKISTAN386, 163
Bangladesh won by 104 runs
CRR:3.09
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | Pakistan in Bangladesh 2026 |
| Date: | May 08 2026, Fri - 09:15 AM (IST) |
| Country: | Bangladesh |
| City: | Mirpur |
| Venue: | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium |
| Toss: | Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Bangladesh Playing XI: | Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Shadman Islam, Mominul Haque, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das (wk), Mehidy Hasan, Taijul Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Ebadot Hossain |
| Pakistan Playing XI: | Imam ul-Haq, Azan Awais, Abdullah Fazal, Shan Masood (c), Saud Shakeel, Muhammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Afridi, Noman Ali, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Abbas |
- Bangladesh have won their last two men’s Tests against Pakistan after not winning any of their 13 previous meetings in the format (D1 L12); in fact, 13 of the 15 completed Tests between these teams have been won by the team which bowled first on the day, including Bangladesh’s two wins in their most recent encounters.
- This will be the fourth meeting between Bangladesh and Pakistan at Shere Bangla National Stadium in men’s Tests, with Pakistan winning all three previous encounters including a win by an innings and eight runs in their most recent encounter there (04/12/2011).
- Bangladesh have won three of their last five men’s Tests at Shere Bangla National Stadium, including a 217-run win against Ireland in their last match there in November 2025; they had lost four in a row at the venue prior to those last five games.
- Bangladesh have lost only one of their last five men’s Tests (W3 D1) and have won their last two in a row; the last time they won more in succession in the format was a three-match streak from April to November in 2023.
- Pakistan have lost 10 of their last 14 men’s Tests including an eight-wicket loss to South Africa in their most recent fixture, with three of their four wins in that stretch coming after they had batted first on the day.
- Pakistan are on a five-match losing streak in men’s Tests outside Pakistan, last winning on the road against Sri Lanka at Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo in July 2023; the last time they lost more successive matches away from home was a seven-game stretch from December 2018 to August 2020.
- Taijul Islam (Bangladesh) has taken multiple wickets in each of his last six Test innings at Shere Bangla National Stadium including four-wicket hauls in each of his last two innings at the venue; in fact, his 90 Test wickets at the venue are at least 14 more than any other player.
- Noman Ali (Pakistan) has taken 24 wickets across his last three Test matches, including two six-wicket hauls, and if three away from reaching 100 total wickets taken in the format; however, he has zero wickets from 67 overs across four career innings against Bangladesh in the format.
- Nayeem Hasan (Bangladesh) is on a five-innings wicket taking streak in Tests and has taken nine wickets across his last three innings in the format; in fact, he (48) is just two away from reaching 50 wickets taken in the format.
- Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan) has a Test batting average of 72.4 against Bangladesh and has scored 50+ runs in three of his last five innings against them, including an unbeaten knock of 171 runs against them in August 2024; indeed, they are the only team against whom he has a batting average of 50 or higher.