{"id":46844,"date":"2024-08-30T15:34:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T10:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=46844"},"modified":"2024-08-30T15:34:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T10:34:08","slug":"pak-vs-ban-rain-washes-out-opening-day-of-second-rawlapinid-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pak-vs-ban-rain-washes-out-opening-day-of-second-rawlapinid-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Pak vs Ban: Rain washes out opening day of second Rawlapinid Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: Heavy rain washed out the first day of the second and final Test between <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/history-in-rawalpindi-bangladesh-upsets-pakistan-with-maiden-test-victory-against-pakistan\/\">Pakistan and Bangladesh<\/a> in Rawalpindi on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Overnight downpours delayed the toss and after more monsoon rains, umpires abandoned play for the day shortly after midday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe first day\u2019s play has been called off due to persistent rain and wet outfield,\u201d Pakistan Cricket Board said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Both teams were still in their hotel and umpires were to inspect the ground only after the rain stopped, with the met office forecasting intermittent monsoon rain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It was a bad omen for a Pakistan team desperate to square the two-match series after Bangladesh won the first Test, also in Rawalpindi, on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No respite from rain today in Rawalpindi \u2614<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\/ZsnSO4RYTh\">pic.twitter.com\/ZsnSO4RYTh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPCB\/status\/1829420802992660939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bangladesh\u2019s\u00a010-wicket victory\u00a0was their first in 14 Tests against Pakistan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pakistan have left out pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi from their 12-member squad, allowing him time to spend with his newly born son.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A Shan Masood-led team with an all-pace bowling attack suffered a\u00a0stunning loss\u00a0to Bangladesh on the final day of the first Test at the Pindi Cricket Stadium last Sunday and now <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">faces<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> a must-win task in the second Test.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bangladesh on the other hand <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">is<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> looking to record a historic first Test series victory over Pakistan.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8216;Ruthless with discipline&#8217;<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jason Gillespie, Pakistan\u2019s red ball coach, has\u00a0said\u00a0the bowlers would need to embrace a ruthless approach in the final Test.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cOur [over] rates were very poor in the <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">first<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Test and that is unacceptable, as simple as that,\u201d Gillespie said adding that the bowlers will play this match with a new approach <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">in order to<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> make an all-out effort to take 20 wickets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWe want to be ruthless with discipline and line and length. We want to keep going at the [opponent] batsmen. We want to keep hitting good spots on the pitch, challenging the opposition\u2019s <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">defense<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> constantly again and again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathur\u00adusinghe meanwhile sounded upbeat saying his side could repeat heroics from the first Test.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201c<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Obviously<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> beating Pakistan in Pakistan is not an easy task,\u201d he said. \u201c[But] the morale of the players is very, very good,\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Despite a huge 10-wicket win in the first Test, Hathurusinghe said, the second Test would be a major challenge for the visitors.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: Heavy rain washed out the first day of the second and final Test between Pakistan and Bangladesh in Rawalpindi on Friday. Overnight downpours delayed the toss and after more monsoon rains, umpires abandoned play for the day shortly after midday. \u201cThe first day\u2019s play has been called off due to persistent rain and wet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":46849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[164,249,20763],"class_list":["post-46844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-pakistan-vs-bangladesh","tag-rawalpindi","tag-rawalpindi-test"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46844","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=46844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46850,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46844\/revisions\/46850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}