Pakistan will face Bangladesh in a two-match Test series at home. The first Test at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium is scheduled to start on Wednesday (August 21), and the second red-ball match will also be played at the same venue after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) decided to change the venue due to ongoing construction work at National Stadium in Karachi.
Pakistan hasn’t won a Test match at home since February 2021, and Shan Masood’s men will be desperate to end the duck in the upcoming two matches against Bangladesh. Pakistan has won 12 out of 13 Tests played against Bangladesh so far and will back themselves to get the better of the Najmul Hossain Shanto-led side in front of home fans.
Ahead of the start of the two-match Test series, here’s a look at how Pakistan has performed in the 13 Tests played so far at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
- Result summary: 5 wins, 4 defeats, and 4 draws in 13 Tests played so far.
- Highest total: 579 for 10 in 155.3 overs against England in December 2022.
- Lowest total: 145 all out in 75.5 overs against Australia in October 1998.
- Biggest win (by innings): Pakistan beat Bangladesh by an innings and 44 runs in February 2020.
- Biggest win (by runs): Pakistan beat South Africa by 95 runs in February 2021.
- Most runs: Saeed Anwar (546 runs in six Tests).
- Highest score: 237 runs from 328 balls by Saleem Malik against Australia in October 1994.
- Highest average (min 5 innings): 102.50 by Saleem Malik (410 runs in five innings).
- Most 100s: 3 centuries each by Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam.
- Most 50s: 2 fifties each by Aamer Sohail, Saeed Anwar, Saleem Malik, and Asif Mujtaba.
- Most ducks: 3 zeros in seven innings by Mushtaq Ahmed.
- Most sixes: 6 sixes in two Tests by Imam-ul-Haq.
- Most wickets: Waqar Younis (23 wickets in five Tests).
- Best bowling figures (innings): 7 wickets for 66 runs in 20 overs by Mohammad Zahid vs New Zealand in November 1996.
- Best bowling figures (match): 11 wickets for 130 runs in 41 overs Mohammad Zahid vs New Zealand in November 1996.
- Most five-wicket hauls: 2 in one Test by Hasan Ali.
- Most dismissals: 11 each by Moin Khan and Mohammad Rizwan.
- Most catches: 6 catches in eight Tests by Inzamam-ul-Haq.
- Highest partnership: 323 runs for the third wicket between Inzamam-ul-Haq and Aamer Sohail against the West Indies in November 1997.
- Most matches: 8 Tests by Inzamam-ul-Haq.
- Most wins as captain: 2 wins in two Tests by Wasim Akram.
In the last Test match played at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Pakistan suffered a defeat by 74 runs against England in December 2022.
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