Pakistani cricket team in Bangladesh in 2014–15

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Pakistan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2014–15
  Flag of Bangladesh.svg Flag of Pakistan.svg
  Bangladesh Pakistan
Dates 17 April 2015 – 10 May 2015
Captains Mushfiqur Rahim (Tests)
Shakib Al Hasan (1st ODI)
Mashrafe Mortaza (2nd & 3rd ODIs & T20I)
Misbah-ul-Haq (Tests)
Azhar Ali (ODIs)
Shahid Afridi (T20I)
Test series
Result Pakistan won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs Tamim Iqbal (277) Azhar Ali (334)
Most wickets Taijul Islam (10) Yasir Shah (10)
Player of the series Azhar Ali (Pak)
One Day International series
Results Bangladesh won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Tamim Iqbal (312) Azhar Ali (209)
Most wickets Arafat Sunny (6) Wahab Riaz (7)
Player of the series Tamim Iqbal (Ban)
Twenty20 International series
Results Bangladesh won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs Shakib Al Hasan (57) Mukhtar Ahmed (37)
Most wickets Mustafizur Rahman (2) Umar Gul (1)
Wahab Riaz (1)
Player of the series Sabbir Rahman (Ban)

The Pakistan cricket team toured Bangladesh from 15 April to 10 May 2015. The tour consisted of a 50-over tour match between Pakistan and a Bangladesh Cricket Board XI, two Test matches, three One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 International. [1] [2]

Contents

Bangladesh won the ODI series 3–0, its first ever series win against Pakistan, and also won the sole Twenty20 International played. Pakistan won the Test series 1–0.

Squads

Sohaib Maqsood withdrew from the tour due to a hand injury on 7 April; he was replaced by the uncapped Saad Nasim. Sohail Khan withdrew due to a back injury on 11 April; he was replaced in the ODI squad by Junaid Khan, who was already part of the T20I and Test squads. His replacement in the Test squad was Imran Khan. Yasir Shah withdrew from the tour due to a hand injury on 16 April; he was replaced in the ODI squad by Zulfiqar Babar. Ehsan Adil withdrew from the ODI squad on 18 April and was replaced by Umar Gul. [3] Bangladesh announced their T20I squad on 22 April, which included the uncapped players Litton Das and Mustafizur Rahman. [4] Bangladesh announced their squad for the Test series on 24 April. [5] Pakistan's Rahat Ali was ruled out of the Test series due to a hamstring injury. [6] Bangladesh fast bowler Rubel Hossain was ruled out of the second Test with a side strain and was replaced by Abul Hasan. [7]

TestsODIsT20Is
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan

50-over tour match

15 April 2015
09:00
Scorecard
Pakistanis  Flag of Pakistan.svg
268/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  BCB XI
270/9 (48.5 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 85 (79)
Shuvagata Hom 3/39 (7 overs)
Sabbir Rahman 123 (99)
Junaid Khan 4/38 (9.5 overs)
BCB XI won by 1 wicket
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah
Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)
  • Pakistanis won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Both sides were able to name up to 13 players in their squads, 11 batting and 11 fielding.

ODI series

1st ODI

17 April 2015
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg
329/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
250 (45.2 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 132 (135)
Wahab Riaz 4/59 (10 overs)
Azhar Ali 72 (73)
Taskin Ahmed 3/42 (8 overs)
Bangladesh won by 79 runs
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)
Player of the match: Mushfiqur Rahim (Ban)

2nd ODI

19 April 2015
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
239/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
240/3 (38.1 overs)
Saad Nasim 77* (96)
Shakib Al Hasan 2/51 (10 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 116* (116)
Saeed Ajmal 1/49 (9.1 overs)
Bangladesh won by 7 wickets
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
Player of the match: Tamim Iqbal (Ban)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This victory gave Bangladesh their first ever series win over Pakistan. [4]

3rd ODI

22 April 2015
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
250 (49 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
251/2 (39.3 overs)
Azhar Ali 101 (112)
Shakib Al Hasan 2/34 (10 overs)
Soumya Sarkar 127* (110)
Junaid Khan 2/67 (7.3 overs)
Bangladesh won by 8 wickets
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)
Player of the match: Soumya Sarkar (Ban)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sami Aslam (Pak) made his ODI debut. [10]
  • Bangladesh white-washed Pakistan for the first time in ODI history.

T20I series

24 April 2015
16:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
141/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
143/3 (16.2 overs)
Mukhtar Ahmed 37 (30)
Mustafizur Rahman 2/20 (4 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 57* (41)
Umar Gul 1/23 (2 overs)
Bangladesh won by 7 wickets
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Umpires: Anisur Rahman (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)
Player of the match: Sabbir Rahman (Ban)

Test series

1st Test

28 April – 2 May 2015
Scorecard
v
332 (120 overs)
Mominul Haque 80 (162)
Yasir Shah 3/86 (28 overs)
628 (168.4 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 224 (332)
Taijul Islam 6/163 (46.4 overs)
555/6 (136 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 206 (278)
Mohammad Hafeez 2/82 (20 overs)
Match drawn
Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna
Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL)
Player of the match: Tamim Iqbal (Ban)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Mohammad Shahid and Soumya Sarkar (Ban) and Sami Aslam (Pak) made their Test debuts.
  • Mohammad Hafeez scored his eighth Test century and became the sixth Pakistan batsman to score a century in three consecutive Tests. [12] Hafeez converted his eighth century into his maiden double century on the third day of the match. [13]
  • Imrul Kayes and Tamim Iqbal's partnership of 312 was Bangladesh's highest partnership in Test cricket. [14] It was also the highest opening partnership in a second innings of a Test. [15]

2nd Test

6–10 May 2015
Scorecard
v
557/8d (152 overs)
Azhar Ali 226 (428)
Taijul Islam 3/179 (51 overs)
203 (47.3 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 89* (91)
Yasir Shah 3/58 (15.3 overs)
195/6d (41.1 overs)
Misbah-ul-Haq 82 (72)
Mohammad Shahid 2/23 (10 overs)
221 (56.5 overs)
Mominul Haque 68 (141)
Yasir Shah 4/73 (21 overs)
Pakistan won by 328 runs
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Azhar Ali (Pak)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.

Broadcasters

Bangladesh Television and PTV Sports were the official broadcasters of this series respectively in Bangladesh and Pakistan. [16]

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