An excellent day for Bangladesh

In the first Test at Rawalpindi, Bangladesh posted a formidable 565 in response to Pakistan's 448, taking a 117-run lead. As Pakistan began their second innings trailing by 117 runs, they lost Saim Ayub early on. Despite Shariful Islam's early breakthrough, Pakistan ended the fourth day's play with the scoreboard reading 23 runs for the loss of 1 wicket.

Pakistan still trails by 94 runs with 9 wickets remaining. In the final session of the day, a total of 29.3 overs were bowled, during which 93 runs were scored at the cost of 5 wickets.