{"id":111694,"date":"2026-05-08T08:44:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T03:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=111694"},"modified":"2026-05-08T08:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T03:47:10","slug":"pak-vs-ban-green-shirts-opt-to-bowl-first-against-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pak-vs-ban-green-shirts-opt-to-bowl-first-against-bangladesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Pak vs Ban: Green Shirts opt to bowl first against Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DHAKA: Pakistan&#8217;s captain Shan Masood has won the toss and chosen to bowl first against <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/hero-father-saves-son-from-moving-train-in-bangladesh\/\">Bangladesh<\/a> in the first test match.<\/p>\n<p>The match is part of the ICC Test Team Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The two-Test series between Pakistan and Bangladesh is part of the ICC World Test Championship. The first Test will be played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka from May 8 to 12, while the second Test will be played at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium from May 16 to 20.<\/p>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ca5c6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ca5c6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Babar Azam ruled out of first Bangladesh Test<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pakistan cricket team has suffered a major setback ahead of the first Test against Bangladesh, with star batsman Babar Azam ruled out of the match due to a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>A statement issued by the Pakistan Cricket Board (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/psl-11-final-match-timings-changed\/\">PCB<\/a>) said that Babar Azam will not participate in the first Test to be played in Dhaka due to a left knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>According to the PCB, Babar Azam\u2019s injury is being assessed in detail, while further updates regarding his fitness will be released later.<\/p>\n<p>The statement said that \u2018Babar Azam\u2019s condition is being assessed by the team\u2019s medical panel, further information will be provided in due course.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHAKA: Pakistan&#8217;s captain Shan Masood has won the toss and chosen to bowl first against Bangladesh in the first test match. The match is part of the ICC Test Team Championship. The two-Test series between Pakistan and Bangladesh is part of the ICC World Test Championship. The first Test will be played at the Sher-e-Bangla [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":111622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[20615],"class_list":["post-111694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-pak-vs-ban"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111694"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111697,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111694\/revisions\/111697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}