Pakistan has faced a massive setback on their way to the top of the WTC points table with their defeat in the last game against Bangladesh. Pakistan not only faced their second loss in this WTC cycle, but eight points were also deducted from their points tally, which pushed them down to the number-eight position.
Mohammad Abbas, the 36-year-old paceman, was picked for the Pakistan tour to Bangladesh and was immediately included in the playing XI. Having bowled across both innings of the First Test at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Dhaka.
He then also went on to pick a wicket in the second inning of the game. Coming into the second Test, he once again picked three wickets against Bangladesh, dismissing the likes of Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto, who scored a century and a half-century across the two innings in the last game.
Abbas now has 100+ scalps outside Pakistan; Leaves behind Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis in a major milestone
With this, he became the sixth Pakistani pacer to have picked 100 Test wickets outside Pakistan. Before this, only the likes of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Imran Khan, Mohammad Amir, and Umar Gul had reached this milestone.
Mohammad Abbas now has 100 Test wickets outside Pakistan. Only five Pakistani fast bowlers—Wasim, Waqar, Imran, Mohammad Amir, and Umar Gul—have done so before him.
— Danyal Rasool (@Danny61000) May 16, 2026
Pakistan picked up 7 scalps on Day 1 of the second Test against Bangladesh
Mohammad Abbas might have been one of the finest pacers for Pakistan on show, but Shan Masood, the skipper, had claimed that Shaheen Afridi's and other pacers' lack of speed resulted in Pakistan's defeat in the last game.
After a brief partnership, Sajid Khan broke the partnership between Litton Das and Taijul Islam. Bangladesh batters struggled to put on a promising partnership.
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