RAWALPINDI – Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl first against Pakistan in the first game of the two match Test series at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.
The toss, which was scheduled for 9:30 am, was held at at 2:00 am after it was delayed due to rain in Rawalpindi.
Pakistan are currently ranked sixth in the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25. They have played two away series in the championship, winning 2-0 against Sri Lanka and losing 3-0 to Australia.
Pakistan are scheduled to play nine Test matches this season, their busiest Test season since 1998-99. Seven of these Test matches will be played at home, including two against Bangladesh, three against England in October and two against West Indies in January next year. The two away Test matches are against South Africa, which will be played in December/January.
The first Test match against Bangladesh marks Pakistan red-ball head coach Jason Gillespie’s first international assignment since his appointment in April this year. It will also be Shan Masood’s first Test match as captain on home soil, embarking a new era in red-ball cricket for the team.
PAK vs BAN first Test Broadcast, Live Streaming
The series will be broadcasted live on A-Sports, Ten Sports and PTV Sports and will be live-streamed on Tamasha, ARY ZAP and Tapmad in Pakistan. T Sports (Bangladesh), TrillerTV+ (Continental Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the Caribbean), Tamasha (India and Sub-Saharan Africa), Cricbuzz (MENA and South East Asia), Willow (North America), ARY Digital and TNT Sports (United Kingdom) and Sports Central (Rest of the World) will broadcast matches internationally.
Pakistan vs Bangladesh 1st Test Live Score
The live score of the first Test between Pakistan and Bangladesh can be checked on official website of PCB or sports portals such as cricinfo.
PAK vs BAN First Test Squads
Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Saim Ayub, Shan Masood (captain), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Mohammad Rizwan(wicket-keeper), Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Khurram Shahzad and Mohammad Ali
Bangladesh: Najmul Hossain Shanto (Captain), Hasan Mahmud, Litton Kumer Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Nahid Rana, Nayeem Hasan, Shadman Islam, Shakib Al Hasan, Shoriful Islam, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Taijul Islam and Zakir Hasan
