SYLHET: Pakistan captain Shan Masood admitted that his side paid the price for repeated mistakes after Bangladesh completed a historic 2-0 Test series whitewash with a 78-run victory in the second Test at Sylhet on Wednesday.
Despite a spirited fightback led by Mohammad Rizwan, who scored a fighting 94 in the fourth innings, Pakistan were bowled out for 358 while chasing a daunting 437-run target at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.
The defeat marked Bangladesh’s first-ever home Test series whitewash over Pakistan and came after their landmark clean sweep during Pakistan’s tour in 2024.
Speaking after the match, Masood acknowledged that Pakistan failed to capitalise on key moments despite repeatedly putting themselves in competitive positions throughout the series.
“We made a lot of mistakes, and when you make 360 runs in the fourth innings of the game, you kinda expect to be on the right side of it, but I think in the three innings we had quite a lot to reflect on,” Masood said during the post-match presentation.
The Pakistan skipper pointed towards crucial phases where the visitors allowed Bangladesh back into the contest, particularly after reducing them to a vulnerable position in the first innings.
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“When they were 116 for 6, the last four wickets ended up scoring a lot of runs, and even when we got to 142 for 4, the set batters in Test cricket have to go big,” he added.
“There were things we didn’t do well enough in the first three innings and that’s why the effort on the fourth and fifth day didn’t really materialise into a win.”
Shan Masood further stressed the demanding nature of Test cricket and said Pakistan must improve their consistency if they want to compete with the top sides in the format.
“Test cricket, you’re going to be punished for any mistake you make, it’s unforgiving and Test cricket is always played by the best of the best. You’re not going to get any easy games, you have to grind results out, and that’s what you have to do as a side,” he said.
The left-handed batter also insisted that Pakistan have often managed to stay in contests but failed to finish strongly when it mattered most.
“We’ve put ourselves into position, I can only count a couple of Tests where we’ve been completely outplayed, but in every other Test we’ve been in positions where we didn’t finish well,” he concluded.
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