Pakistan set Bangladesh 550-run target

Misbah-ul-Haq scored a 72-ball 82 as Pakistan posted a nearly out-of-reach target for Bangladesh. (Source: AP)

Pakistan crept closer to winning the second and final Test after leaving Bangladesh on Friday with nearly 500 runs, effectively eight wickets, and two days to deny the visitors a series victory.

After Pakistan declared for a second time and set an unlikely target of 550 to win the Test, Bangladesh lost a wicket and were 63-1 at stumps.

But the home side had only eight more wickets left, as fast bowler Shahadat Hossain cannot bat after a serious knee injury on the first day.

He was absent in the morning session when Bangladesh were all out for 203 in the first innings before lunch.

Pakistan, with a lead of 354, did not enforce the follow on, and piled on quick runs to put intense pressure on Bangladesh to save the Test series.

The Test is Pakistan’s last chance to salvage a miserable tour after being swept in the one-day internationals, losing the Twenty20, and conceding a draw in the first Test.

Source:: Indian Express