00:00The cards were all stacked in Bangladesh's favor as they got a breakthrough at 27.
00:05The pressure of chasing 437 seemingly weighed down on Pakistan as Bangladesh got a second 14 runs later.
00:12But skipper Shan Mashoud and former captain Baba Azzam provided the first resistance.
00:18Azzam was the aggressor in their 92-run stand.
00:24But he gifted his wicket away on 47 just when he was looking like himself again.
00:31Azzam was playing a captain's knock as the visitors were making steady progress.
00:36Dive in, goes in vain, will get four.
00:39But the scale was completely tilted back in the host's favor when Tajmul Islam got him at 162 for five.
00:46That closing field of time.
00:48Yet Pakistan got another defiant partnership from Salam Aga and Muhammad Rizwan.
00:53Both made half-centuries in a 134-run stand that at least caused Bangladesh some concern.
01:01With that boundary, 14-50 for Muhammad Rizwan.
01:07But Tajmul Islam would get just reward for his marathon spell of 31 overs.
01:12He took two of his four wickets late in the day to leave Bangladesh in the driver's seat.
01:19Muhammad Rizwan not out in 75.
01:21The only resistance left as the hosts need only three wickets tomorrow, still leading by 121 runs.
01:28Terence Clark, TV6 Sport.
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