ISLAMABAD: Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bowl against Pakistan in the second Test match at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Saturday, after persistent rain washed out the opening day of the series decider.
Bangladesh are ahead in the two-match series following their historic 10-wicket win at the same venue last week when Pakistan were bowled out for an embarrassing 146 in the second innings on the fifth and final day.
“Bangladesh win the toss and opt to bowl first in the second Test,” the PCB announced in a social media post.

Bangladesh have made one change to the playing eleven that featured in their historic victory in the first Test as pacer Taskin Ahmed came in to replace unfit Shoriful Islam while Pakistan released pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi and named another left-arm bowler Mir Hamza along with leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed in the 12-man squad.
Both teams are in the bottom half of the World Test Championship standings, with Bangladesh on number seven and Pakistan on number eight, just above last-place West Indies.
Embattled Pakistani squad has lost four Test matches in a row since Shan Masood was elevated as captain last year. The team has not won a home Test since beating South Africa in December 2021.
The four Test matches against New Zealand and Australia were drawn.

Playing XIs:

Bangladesh: Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), Mominul Islam, Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana
Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Saim Ayub, Shan Masood (capt), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Ali Agha, Abrar Ahmed, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Khurram Shahzad, Naseem Shah