Zimbabwe had as good as been stripped of ICC membership status when they last toured Bangladesh. Yet they had returned home with a 1-1 draw.
MCC will play in Pakistan after 47 years. Soumya Sarkar will not play the Zimbabwe series for his wedding. Sanjeev Chawla, the prime accused of the 2000 match-fixing scandal was extradited from the UK on Thursday.
Pakistan are now 6 points behind third-placed England, while a winless Bangladesh occupy the last spot.
After a stellar tournament, the cricket world has a new U19 champion in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh won their first ever Under-19 World Cup. Australia Women booked the place in the final of the Tri-Nation T20 tournament. Naseem Shah's hattrick made things stronger for Pakistan in the Rawalpindi Test.
Stumps, Day 3: Bangladesh 233 (Mithun 63; Afridi 4/53) and 126/6 (Mominul 37*; Naseem 4/26) trail Pakistan 445 (Babar 143, Masood 100; Jayed 3/86) by 86 runs.
Pakistan have the grip on the game, and will seek domination on the third day to really take home the advantage.
India and Bangladesh meet in the final of the ICC U19 World Cup 2020, and while one team has pedigree, the other has inspiration.
Bangladesh’s pacers will have to ensure they dismantle Pakistan’s batsmen much like they were themselves.
Bangladesh reached the final of Under-19 World Cup. Jofra Archer was ruled out of IPL 2020 due to injury. The Bushfire relief match was shifted to Melbourne.