Live Cricket Score of Bangladesh vs Pakistan, 2nd Test, Day 1 at Dhaka

After a successful show in the first Test, Bangladesh will now be hoping to build on their new-found confidence by securing their first-ever Test victory over Pakistan. In a spectacular display of batting, Bangladesh fought back to avoid being defeated for the first time by Pakistan, despite trailing by a mammoth total of 296 runs.

Team news: Bangladesh are worried about the fitness of captain and wicket-keeper Mushfiqur Rahim, having already lost strike seam bowler Rubel Hossain for the Test due to a side strain. Newcomer Litton Das might replace him.

Pakistan, on the other hand, need a win to salvage lost pride. They were thoroughly beaten in the ODI series as well and the only thing they can dow now is to perform to the best of their ability and fight back.

Team news: They have brought in all-rounder Bilawal Bhatti to replace seamer Rahat Ali, who had been ruled out of the tour ahead of the first Test due to a hamstring injury. It is unclear whether Saeed Ajmal will be included but you never know.

Bangladesh finally managed to get a breakthrough when Mohammad Shahid dismissed Younis on 148, thus breaking the 250-plus stand for the third wicket. It was Shahid's second wicket of the game. Younis attempted to cut a short and wide delivery but instead played it straight into the hands of the gully fielder, who took a juggling catch.

Misbah has now joined Azhar at the crease with 5 overs left in the day.

Bangladesh skipper MuhfiqurRahim won the toss and decided to bowl first. They had one change - Shahadat Hossain came in place of Rubel Hossain. The latter was injured on the fourth day of the previous Test. Pakistan also made one change as Imran Khan replaced Zulfiqar Babar.

Teams:

Pakistan (Playing XI): Mohammad Hafeez, Sami Aslam, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq(c), Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed(w), Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah, Junaid Khan, Imran Khan

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mominul Haque, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim(c,w), Soumya Sarkar, Shuvagata Hom, Taijul Islam, Shahadat Hossain, Mohammad Shahid

If you are bored or you have some valuable insights on this game to share with us, do send in a Tweet to @pillya. We'll feature you on this blog. Alternatively, you can als send in any comments to [email protected], or comment at the end of this Live Blog.

After a few quiet initial overs, Bangladesh jumped back into the game with their first breakthrough. It was a big one and the experienced Mohammad Hafeez was back in the hut, thanks to a good delivery from Mohammad Shahid. Hafeez was pushed back into the crease with a short of length ball that was angled away. As he looked to defend, the ball took the outside edge of his bat, offering a simple catch to the keeper.

Azhar Ali has now joined Sami Aslam at the crease.