Ul-Haq plays a reverse sweep en route to his 28th half-century

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Pakistan struck early during Bangladesh’s chase of 550 following captain Misbah-ul-Haq’s knock of 82.

Starting out the day on 107/5, Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was the only batsman to make a major contribution as all the others were dismissed cheaply.

In fact, it was thanks to Al Hasan’s unbeaten knock of 89, which came off 91 balls and included 14 boundaries and two sixes, that Bangladesh were able to make 203 before being bowled out.

Al Hasan hit 14 boundaries and two sixes during his unbeaten knock of 89

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Wahab Riaz and Yasir Shah were the pick of the bowlers with three wickets apiece, while Junaid Khan snapped up two and Mohammad Hafeez chipped in with one.

With a 354-run lead in hand, Pakistan endured a fairly similar innings to that of Bangladesh as one batsman enjoyed a lot of success while the rest stumbled or failed to convert their positive starts into bigger scores.

Ul-Haq made a quickfire 82, which came off 72 deliveries and included nine boundaries and three sixes, as Pakistan went on to score 195/6 before ul-Haq declared.

Mohammad Shahid was the most successful bowler as he took two wickets, while Taijul Islam, Soumya Sarkar, Shuvagata Hom and Mahmudullah claimed one wicket each.

Set a target of 550 to win, Bangladesh got off to a solid start before Imrul Kayes was clean bowled by Shah for 16.

Tamim Iqbal and Mominul Haque amassed an unbeaten 15-run partnership before stumps was called.

Iqbal finished on 32 off 42 balls, which included six boundaries, while Haque remained undefeated on 15 off 13 deliveries, which included three boundaries.

Shah was the only bowler to take a wicket.

Bangladesh ended day three on 63/1 and will continue batting tomorrow at 10:00 local time or 04:00 GMT.