|| CF Correspondent ||

Pakistan pace bowlers have restricted Bangladesh to a below-par score of 233 runs in the first test match of the series at Rawalpindi on Friday.

Pakistan could not start their innings due to bad light.

Pakistan captain Azhar Ali has won the toss and send Bangladesh to bat first.

Bangladesh has lost both openers very early in the innings. Debutant Saif Hasan was out in the second ball of the innings and Tamim Iqbal was also out in the second over of the match.

All the Bangladesh batsmen have got a good start to their innings but none of them could convert them into big scores.Nazmul Hossain Shanto scored 44 runs but could not convert to subsustainal score.

Bangladesh test captain Mominul Haque failed to reach a big score after scoring 30 runs.

Experienced Mahmudullah scored 25 runs while lion Kumar Das made a breezy 33 runs off 46 balls.

Mohammed Mithun was the highest score for Bangladesh. He scored 63 runs with the help of seven boundaries.

Taijul Islam made a useful 24 runs in the late middle order.

Bangladesh has lost their last four wickets for 19 runs only.

Shaheen Shah Afridi was the most successful bowler for Pakistan picking up four wickets.

Mohammed abbas and part-time bowler Harris Sohail have also two wickets each for Pakistan

Brief score