Bangladesh missed the opportunity to take the lead for a while

On the third day in Rawalpindi, Bangladesh fell into a shameful situation with a terrible batting collapse. Bangladesh lost 6 wickets for just 26 runs. From there, Bangladesh turned around with the bat of Liton Das and Mehdi Hasan Miraj. They pulled Bangladesh from the brink of the abyss in a world record pairing. The Tigers were also dreaming of a late afternoon lead on Lytton's century. But after Liton's departure, Bangladesh could not take the lead. Bangladesh were bowled out for 262 runs on the third day of the Rawalpindi Test on Sunday (September 1). Bangladesh trailed Pakistan by 12 runs in the first innings. Liton was dreaming of leading Bangladesh in a partnership of 50 with Hasan Mahmud. At the same time, he was running towards his personal 150 runs. But to be only 12 runs away from a century and a half, Aga Salman was caught by Saim Ayyub at long on. After Liton played an innings of 138 runs off 228 balls with 13 fours and 4 sixes, Bangladesh's innings lasted only 2 balls. After Bangladesh batted today, Khurram Shehzad and Mir Hamza were hit. Among the first six players of the team, except Sadman Islam, the remaining five got out with single-digit runs. Bangladesh lost six wickets for just 26 runs in a shameful situation. It was at such a time that the pair of Liton-Mirage was formed. The duo took Bangladesh to a respectable position by adding 165 runs in the seventh wicket partnership. Average world record. Also read: History on Lytton-Mirage duo No other team has scored so many runs in the seventh wicket after losing 6 wickets for 30 runs or less. Earlier, Nkrumah Bonner and Joshua de Silva of West Indies made a 100-run partnership after losing 6 wickets for 18 runs against Sri Lanka in the Galle Test in 2021. On this day, Mirage scored 78 runs off 124 balls. After picking up 5 wickets with the ball, Mirage scored a rare record of half-century with the bat. Miraj became the second Bangladeshi player after Shakib Al Hasan to take five wickets and a half-century in the same Test innings. Liton started pulling Bangladesh after Mirage's departure. He saw the fourth Test century of his career. Liton scored three centuries after the first five overs before the team scored 50 runs. Khurram Shehzad bowled 21 overs and took 6 wickets for 90 runs. Agha Salman and Mir Hamza shared the remaining 4 wickets equally.