Shan Masood loses his composure in the Pakistan dressing room and argues heatedly with head coach Jason Gillespie during the 1st BAN Test

Pakistan’s decision to play with four fast bowlers on the sluggish Rawalpindi track was evident over the course of the 3rd and 4th days of the first Test match against Bangladesh, as the visitors took control after the hosts had scored 448 runs for six. Thanks to Mushfiqur Rahim’s heroics, Bangladesh took a 117-run lead in the first innings and by the final hour on Saturday, it was 565 runs.

During Bangladesh’s valiant first-innings performance, Pakistan captain Shan Masood was furious at the home team’s missed chances and failure to make decisive breakthroughs as five Bangladesh batters scored at least one half-century and Mushfiqur Rahim converted this into his sixth 150-plus score.

In a video that went viral on social media on Saturday, Masood was seen fuming in Pakistan’s dressing room on the third day of the first Test match, arguing heatedly with newly appointed head coach Jason Gillespie. Masood was seen doing most of the talking while Gillespie quietly listened to the captain.

Mushfiqur helps Bangladesh win against Pakistan

Bangladesh were finally dismissed for 565 runs in the final session on the fourth day of the first Test match after a brilliant knock of 191 runs by veteran batsman Mushfiqur Rahim. The 37-year-old’s marathon knock lasted eight hours and 42 minutes after he edged fast bowler Mohammad Ali to wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan. He put on a record partnership of 196 runs for the seventh wicket with Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who scored their respective fifty runs.

Performances by Mehidy and Mushfiqur on Saturday helped Bangladesh post their highest total against Pakistan, surpassing the 555 for 6 they made in Khulna in 2015. The seventh-wicket stand involving Mehidy surpassed the previous record of 186 set by Warren Lees and Richard Hadlee for New Zealand in Karachi in 1976 – a record against Pakistan in all of Test cricket.

Pakistan reduced the deficit to 94 runs in the first innings at the end of Day 4 after Masood and Abdullah Shafique remained unbeaten on 9 and 12 runs respectively. Pakistan will resume Day 5 at 23 runs for 1.