{"id":2966,"date":"2021-12-08T23:54:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T18:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=171605"},"modified":"2021-12-08T23:54:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T18:24:08","slug":"sajid-khan-shines-as-pakistan-whitewashes-bangladesh-in-their-own-backyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/sajid-khan-shines-as-pakistan-whitewashes-bangladesh-in-their-own-backyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Sajid Khan shines as Pakistan whitewashes Bangladesh in their own backyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a heavy 3-day rain show in Shere-e-Bangla Stadium, Pakistan bowlers took 13 wickets on a dramatic last day to win the 2nd and final test against Bangladesh by an innings and 8 runs to sweep the series by 2-0 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The captain poses with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BANvPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BANvPAK<\/a> T20I and Test series trophies.\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\udfc6<br \/>T20Is: 3-0<br \/>Tests: 2-0 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vk6C3PLCXH\">pic.twitter.com\/vk6C3PLCXH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPCB\/status\/1468551381673988096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After winning the toss, Pakistan opted to bat first and declared their 1st innings on 300\/4 in all weather-interrupted match which managed to provide the result in just 215 overs.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan, led by the off spinner Sajid Khan, sprinkled the panic among the Bangladesh batsmen and kept them on backfoot as the hosts finished on 76\/7 on Tuesday. Pakistan then quickly rattled through the remaining wickets and bowled Bangladesh out for just 87 and enforced a follow-on.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pakistan bowl out Bangladesh for 87 and enforce the follow-on!<\/p>\n<p>Sajid Khan finishes with an eight-wicket haul \ud83d\udd25<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WTC23?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WTC23<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BANvPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BANvPAK<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sUmFzGbNZ5\">https:\/\/t.co\/sUmFzGbNZ5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wVzbGqeLFf\">pic.twitter.com\/wVzbGqeLFf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ICC (@ICC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICC\/status\/1468431005350383616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The hosts even couldn\u2019t hold their 2nd innings and were all-out for 205 with an improved batting effort comparatively but didn\u2019t managed to deny the heavy defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Sajid, who picked 8 wickets in the 1st innings and 4 in the 2nd innings, finished with career best figures of 12\/128 and was awarded the Player of the match award for his fine performance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All smiles and why not (player of the match) \ud83d\ude4c\ud83d\ude4c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EEKX5GU3V7\">pic.twitter.com\/EEKX5GU3V7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPCB\/status\/1468549856767660032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Abid Ali \u2013 player of the series. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6W0PxIuxvt\">pic.twitter.com\/6W0PxIuxvt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPCB\/status\/1468550255625097217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pakistan captain Babar Azam in between took his maiden test wicket to dismiss Mehidy Hasan and was also the highest run getter for his side.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First Test wicket for Babar Azam in Test cricket\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan are back in the game!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BANvPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BANvPAK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uMU5Uokue3\">pic.twitter.com\/uMU5Uokue3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cricket Pakistan (@cricketpakcompk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cricketpakcompk\/status\/1468527077808906246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Babar Azam praised the ground staff for their commendable effort to prepare the ground for the match after multiple rain interruptions.<\/p>\n<p>Abid Ali, the centurion of the 1st test was adjudged as Player of the series. Pakistan won the 1st test at Chattogram by 8 wickets and now have strengthened the 2nd position in the ICC World Test Championship points table. Bangladesh on the other hand has continued their poor run in the Test format as they are at the bottom of the table.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The ICC World Test Championship standings after Pakistan\u2019s emphatic win in the Dhaka Test \ud83d\udcc8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WTC23?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WTC23<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BANvPAK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BANvPAK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xo2k02pnPE\">pic.twitter.com\/Xo2k02pnPE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ICC (@ICC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICC\/status\/1468541934599876613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan have won the test series against Bangladesh by 2-0 after beating the hosts in the 2nd test by an innings and 8 runs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":26049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[298,2657,2194,1241,1264,1301],"class_list":["post-2966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-babar-azam","tag-bangladesh-cricket-team","tag-icc-world-test-championship","tag-mohammad-rizwan","tag-pakistan-cricket-team","tag-test-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}