{"id":45734,"date":"2024-08-21T14:39:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T09:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=45734"},"modified":"2024-08-21T14:39:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T09:39:44","slug":"bangladesh-win-toss-put-pakistan-to-bat-in-first-rawalpindi-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/bangladesh-win-toss-put-pakistan-to-bat-in-first-rawalpindi-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh win toss, put Pakistan to bat in first Rawalpindi Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-area\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/560270-pak-vs-ban-toss-delayed-due-to-wet-outfield-in-rawalpindi\">\n<p>RAWALPINDI: Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bowl in the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/no-play-in-rawalpindi-due-to-wet-outfield-as-teams-take-lunch\/\">first Test<\/a> against Pakistan on Wednesday which is being played at the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pak-vs-ban-second-test-match-moved-from-karachi-to-rawalpindi\/\">Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The match faced an hours-long delay due to the wet outfield of the stadium after overnight rain in the city.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 48 overs will be bowled today as the last session will begin at 4:40 pm after the tea break. The play will continue till 6 pm but can be extended by 30 minutes to complete the overs.<\/p>\n<p>Shan Masood&#8217;s side decided to go with the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pakistans-playing-xi-announced-for-first-rawalpindi-test-against-bangladesh\/\">all-pace attack<\/a> in the first Test in Rawalpindi as their bowling attack comprised Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah Khurram Shehzad, and Mohammad Ali.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">T O S S A L E R T<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh win the toss and opt to field first <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PAKvBAN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PAKvBAN<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TestOnHai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TestOnHai<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5yMsdaKnHl\">pic.twitter.com\/5yMsdaKnHl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPCB\/status\/1826183287938666951?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The match, the first of two, is part of the World Test Championship (WTC) third cycle (2023-2025) contested by nine teams.<\/p>\n<p>With Pakistan currently ranked sixth and Bangladesh on the eighth position in the Test rankings, both teams are eager to perform and strengthen their position on the WTC points table.<\/p>\n<p>The Green Shirts and Bangladesh have so far locked horns in 13 matches in six Test series with the Green Shirts emerging winners in 12 of them as one ended in a draw.<\/p>\n<p>It is to be noted that The second Test will also be played in Rawalpindi, from August 30, after being moved from Karachi because of construction work at the stadium.<\/p>\n<h2>Playing XI<\/h2>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-473dfed elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"473dfed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"template__main flow-root px-1 w-full sm:w-2\/3 mx-auto md:min-w-183\">\n<div class=\"story__content overflow-hidden text-4 sm:text-4.5 pt-1 mt-1\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-473dfed elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"473dfed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"ads_between_content\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1700472799616-0\" class=\"story_ads\" data-google-query-id=\"CKXD8f-UgYgDFW6IgwcdmaMOlA\">\n<p><strong>Pakistan:<\/strong> Abdullah Shafique, Saim Ayub, Shan Masood (c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Ali, Khurram Shahzad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a992e4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a992e4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<p class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><strong>Bangladesh:<\/strong>\u00a0Shadman Islam, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Zakir Hasan, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Shoriful Islam, Nahid Rana, Hasan Mahmud<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bowl in the first Test against Pakistan on Wednesday which is being played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. The match faced an hours-long delay due to the wet outfield of the stadium after overnight rain in the city. A total of 48 overs will be bowled today [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":45735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[474,138,249],"class_list":["post-45734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-bangladesh","tag-pakistan","tag-rawalpindi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45734","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\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45734"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45737,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45734\/revisions\/45737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}