Mehidy bags 5-wicket haul but sloppy Bangladesh fielding allows Pakistan to score 274 in 2nd Test

Off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz grabbed 5-61 and helped Banglesh bowl out Pakistan for 274 on Day 2 of second and final test on Saturday.

Mehidy's 10th five-wicket haul in test matches was well supported by Taskin Ahmed's 3-57 in his comeback test match from a shoulder injury, but tourists were sloppy in field and dropped at least four catches which allowed Pakistan to recover.

Banglesh reached a nervy 10-0 in two overs before stumps and trails by 264 runs as Saud Shakeel couldn't hold onto a regulation catch of Shman Islam in slips cordon off Mir Hamza's first ball.

Banglesh is chasing a rare away win in a bilateral test series and les two-match series 1-0 after it tched a historic 10-wicket win at same venue last week.

Banglesh h an injury scare when Mushfiqur Rahim, who scored 191 in first test, left field in second session as he dived to stop ball in outfield and injured his shoulder.

After opening day's play in second test was washed out due to persistent rain, Banglesh h Pakistan in early trouble when Ahmed exploited early moisture on a green-top wicket and hit top of Abdullah Shafique's stumps in first over off a delivery that swung back into right-hander.

Captain Shan Masood me 57 off 69 balls and Saim Ayub scored 58, but both left-handers got dismissed by Mehidy in quick succession after lunch after sharing 107-run stand that saw Banglesh picking up four wickets in session.

Shakeel was undone by Ahmed's short ball and chopped ball back onto his stumps and Babar Azam's barren run in test matches continued despite former all-format captain spending nearly two hours at wicket. Babar, who hasn't scored a half century in his last 15 test innings, looked scratchy in his 31-run kck before he was trapped leg before wicket on back foot by Shakib Al Hasan.

Mohamm Rizwan (29) looped an easy catch in first slip to captain Najmul Hossain Shanto when he got deceived by an awkward bounce of tall fast bowler Nahid Rana as Pakistan slipped to 211-6. Salman Ali Agha frustrated Banglesh by compiling 54 off 95 balls as he capitalized on a dropped catch before he h scored.

Mehidy completed his five-wicket haul when he h . 10 Abrar Ahmed stumped as off-spinner shared second new ball with Ahmed and wrapped up Pakistan's innings.

Pakistan me two bowling changes and brought in specialist spinner Abrar in place of struggling Shaheen Shah Afridi. In a surprise move Pakistan rested new-ball bowler Naseem Shah and included left-arm fast bowler Hamza on ar green-top wicket.

Banglesh brought in Ahmed after Shoriful Islam was ruled out due to groin injury he sustained during first test.

Both teams are languishing in bottom half of World Test Championship standings with Banglesh at . 7 and Pakistan at . 8, just ahe of last-place West Indies.