Day 2 : Pakistan 557/8d, Bangladesh 107/5 (27.5 ov) - Bangladesh trail by 450 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Azhar Ali's maiden double hundred and a superb bowling performance by Pakistan bowlers were the main talking points of Day 2 of the 2nd Test, leaving the visitors completely in control of the final Test match of the series.

Pakistan 323/3, 90 overs (Azhar Ali 127*, Misbah 9*, Younis Khan 148)

Pakistan were put in to bat seeing the tinge of grass and slightly overcast conditions. Bangladesh after drawing the first match were already on a high.

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Day 5 : Bangladesh 555/6 from 136 overs (Tamim 206, Kayes 150, Shakib 76*)

Pakistan were on the backfoot and the only way they could have produced a result was by picking early wickets. That did not happen and the home team continued to dominate with a double century from Tamim Iqbal, the rest of the team batted throughout the day and the Pakistani bowlers did not get much success.

Day 4 : Bangladesh are 273/0 after 61 overs (Tamim Iqbal 138*, Imrul Kayes 132*), trail by 23 runs

After putting up a huge total and lead Pakistan wanted to bat once in the match. The lower order collapsed and Pakistan however did manage a sizeable lead. Bangladesh had other plans they played fearless cricket to get a grip back in the match.

Day 3 : Pakistan are 537/5 from 148 overs, lead by 205 runs (Asad Shafiq 51*, Sarfraz Ahmed 51*)

Pakistan looked to dominate another day after a strong comeback on Day 2 and take a huge lead to bat Bangladesh out of the game.

End of day 2 : Pakistan 227/1 from 58 overs (Hafeez 137*, Azhar Ali 65*)

After a poor day in the field Pakistan knew to make a recovery they had to take early wickets. This they did through Zulfiqar Babar having Shakib caught at leg slip and then after a fighting stand between Mushfiqur and debutant Sarkar, Hafeez struck to remove Sarkar for 33. After this the wickets fell rapidly as firstly Yasir Shah and then Wahab Riaz took 2 wickets a piece.

Result : Bangladesh 329/6 (50.0 ov), Pakistan 250 (45.2 ov) - Bangladesh win by 79 runs

Toss: bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat first

In the 3 match series Pakistan came in with a young team making 7 changes from the World Cup. The team was also hampered by a few injuries which did not help. A new captain leading the ODI team was always going to be a challenge.