The Pakistan cricket team toured Bangladesh in November and December 2021 to play two Test and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2][3] The Test series was part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship.[4] The fixtures for the tour were confirmed in September 2021.[5] Pakistan last toured Bangladesh in April and May 2015.[6]

Pakistan won the first T20I match by four wickets,[7] and the second match by eight wickets to win the series with a game to play.[8][9] Pakistan won the third T20I match by five wickets to win the series 3–0.[10] Pakistan won the first Test by eight wickets.[11] Despite rain washing out most of day two and all of day three of the second Test,[12][13] Pakistan won by an innings and eight runs late on the fifth day to win the series 2–0.[14]

Squads

Tests T20Is
 Bangladesh[15]  Pakistan[16]  Bangladesh[17]  Pakistan[18]

Kamrul Islam Rabbi and Parvez Hossain Emon were both added to Bangladesh's squad for the third T20I match.[19] Prior to the Test series, Khaled Ahmed and Shohidul Islam were both added to Bangladesh's squad for the first Test, with Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam unavailable due to injury.[20] Taskin Ahmed was later added to Bangladesh's squad for the second Test, along with Mohammad Naim.[21] Saif Hassan was ruled out of Bangladesh's squad for the second Test after being diagnosed with typhoid.[22]

T20I series

1st T20I

19 November 2021
14:00
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
127/7 (20 overs)
v
 Pakistan
132/6 (19.2 overs)
Afif Hossain 36 (34)
Hasan Ali 3/22 (4 overs)
Khushdil Shah 34 (35)
Taskin Ahmed 2/31 (4 overs)
Pakistan won by 4 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)
Player of the match: Hasan Ali (Pak)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Saif Hassan (Ban) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I

20 November 2021
14:00
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
108/7 (20 overs)
v
 Pakistan
109/2 (18.1 overs)
Najmul Hossain Shanto 40 (34)
Shaheen Afridi 2/15 (4 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 57* (51)
Mustafizur Rahman 1/12 (2.1 overs)
Pakistan won by 8 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban)
Player of the match: Fakhar Zaman (Pak)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd T20I

22 November 2021
14:00
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
124/7 (20 overs)
v
 Pakistan
127/5 (20 overs)
Mohammad Naim 47 (50)
Mohammad Wasim 2/15 (4 overs)
Haider Ali 45 (38)
Mahmudullah 3/10 (1 over)
Pakistan won by 5 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Haider Ali (Pak)

Test series

1st Test

26–30 November 2021
Scorecard
v
330 (114.4 overs)
Litton Das 114 (233)
Hasan Ali 5/51 (20.4 overs)
286 (115.4 overs)
Abid Ali 133 (282)
Taijul Islam 7/116 (44.4 overs)
157 (56.2 overs)
Litton Das 59 (89)
Shaheen Afridi 5/32 (15 overs)
203/2 (58.3 overs)
Abid Ali 91 (148)
Mehidy Hasan 1/59 (18.3 overs)
Pakistan won by 8 wickets
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)
Player of the match: Abid Ali (Pak)

2nd Test

4–8 December 2021
Scorecard
v
300/4d (98.3 overs)
Babar Azam 76 (126)
Taijul Islam 2/73 (25 overs)
87 (32 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 33 (54)
Sajid Khan 8/42 (15 overs)
205 (84.4 overs) (f/o)
Shakib Al Hasan 63 (130)
Sajid Khan 4/86 (32.4 overs)
Pakistan won by an innings and 8 runs
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)
Player of the match: Sajid Khan (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No play was possible after tea on day 1 due to bad light.
  • Only 6.2 overs of play was possible on day 2 and no play was possible on day 3 due to rain.
  • Mahmudul Hasan Joy (Ban) made his Test debut.
  • Sajid Khan (Pak) took his first five-wicket haul in Tests.[25]
  • Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) scored his 4,000th run in Tests.[26]
  • World Test Championship Points: Pakistan 12, Bangladesh 0.

References

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