Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan steadied the game for Pakistan after losing wickets early. Pakistan were struggling a bit at the start after losing 3 wickets for 16 runs Saim Ayub along with Saud Shakeel put on a 98 runs partnership where Saim Ayub lost his wicket after scoring 56. Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan took control of the Bangladeshi bowlers to score a 240-run stand for the 5th wicket where Saud Shakeel got out on 141 and Mohammad Rizwan was unbeaten on 171 and Pakistan declared the 1st inning when they were 448/6. At the end of day 2, Bangladesh are 27/0 trail by 421 runs.