{"id":851,"date":"2026-05-10T08:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T08:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/?p=851"},"modified":"2026-05-10T08:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T08:09:10","slug":"azan-awais-shines-on-debut-pakistan-fight-back-against-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/?p=851","title":{"rendered":"Azan Awais shines on debut; Pakistan fight back against Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Product of Pakistan\u2019s domestic cricket system, Azan Awais produced a composed unbeaten innings on his Test debut as Pakistan replied strongly to Bangladesh on the second day of the opening Test in Mirpur on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan closed on 179 for 1 in reply to Bangladesh\u2019s first-innings total of 413 at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, trailing by 234 runs with nine wickets intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Awais remained unbeaten on 85 from 133 deliveries, striking 12 boundaries in an assured display after surviving an early blow to the helmet from fast bowler Nahid Rana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The young opener added 106 for the first wicket with Imam-ul-Haq, who made 45 before falling leg-before to Mehidy Hasan Miraz. Awais then shared an unbroken stand with fellow debutant Abdullah Fazal, who was unbeaten on 37 at stumps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, Bangladesh resumed in a commanding position and were lifted by captain Najmul Hossain Shanto, who scored 101, while Mominul Haque contributed 91 and Mushfiqur Rahim added 71.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan seamer Mohammad Abbas led the recovery with figures of 5 for 92, removing Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam and Ebadot Hossain after dismissing Najmul Hossain Shanto on the opening day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shaheen Shah Afridi claimed three wickets, including the prized scalp of Mushfiqur Rahim, as Bangladesh lost their final six wickets for 75 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bangladesh had appeared set for a far bigger total at 338 for 4 before Pakistan\u2019s bowlers regained control during the morning and afternoon sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Awais, however, altered the complexion of the match with a calm and technically sound innings. He reached his half-century from 65 balls and handled Bangladesh\u2019s pace attack with growing authority as the day progressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan will resume on the third morning with Awais nearing a century on debut and the visitors seeking to erase the remaining deficit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Product of Pakistan\u2019s domestic cricket system, Azan Awais produced a composed unbeaten innings on his Test debut as Pakistan replied strongly to Bangladesh on the second day of the opening Test in Mirpur on Saturday. Pakistan closed on 179 for 1 in reply to Bangladesh\u2019s first-innings total of 413 at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":853,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions\/853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}