Bangladesh openers depart early
Bangladesh lost their openers in the first two overs.
Bangladesh suffered a shock start to the Test series against Pakistan, as they lost their openers in successive overs.
Debutant Saif Hassan was the first to depart, as he was caught by Asad Shafiq off Shaheen Afridi for 0, in the first over at Rawalpindi
His partner, Tamim Iqbal departed the next over. Bangladesh star batsman was trapped lbw by Mohammad Abbas on 3.
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Prior to that, Pakistan Captain Azhar Ali won the toss and put Bangladesh to bat.
The visitors opted to go with three pacers and one single spinner.
The hosts are unchanged from the Test they played against Sri Lanka in December.
The starting line ups:
Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Saif Hassan, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Mominul Haque (capt), 5 Mohammad Mithun, 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Liton Das (wk), 8 Taijul Islam, 9 Rubel Hossain, 10 Abu Jayed, 11 Ebadot Hossain
Pakistan: 1 Shan Masood, 2 Abid Ali, 3 Azhar Ali (capt), 4 Babar Azam, 5 Haris Sohail, 6 Asad Shafiq, 7 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 8 Yasir Shah, 9 Mohammad Abbas, 10 Naseem Shah, 11 Shaheen Afridi
