# Pakistani cricket team in Bangladesh in 2014–15

The Pakistan cricket team toured Bangladesh from 15 April to 10 May 2015. The tour consisted of a 50-over tour match between Pakistan and a Bangladesh Cricket Board XI, two Test matches, three One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 International.
Bangladesh won the ODI series 3–0, its first ever series win against Pakistan, and also won the sole Twenty20 International played. Pakistan won the Test series 1–0.

## Squads

Sohaib Maqsood withdrew from the tour due to a hand injury on 7 April; he was replaced by the uncapped Saad Nasim. Sohail Khan withdrew due to a back injury on 11 April; he was replaced in the ODI squad by Junaid Khan, who was already part of the T20I and Test squads. His replacement in the Test squad was Imran Khan. Yasir Shah withdrew from the tour due to a hand injury on 16 April; he was replaced in the ODI squad by Zulfiqar Babar. Ehsan Adil withdrew from the ODI squad on 18 April and was replaced by Umar Gul. Bangladesh announced their T20I squad on 22 April, which included the uncapped players Litton Das and Mustafizur Rahman. Bangladesh announced their squad for the Test series on 24 April. Pakistan's Rahat Ali was ruled out of the Test series due to a hamstring injury. Bangladesh fast bowler Rubel Hossain was ruled out of the second Test with a side strain and was replaced by Abul Hasan.
| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs | T20Is | T20Is |
| Bangladesh | Pakistan | Bangladesh | Pakistan | Bangladesh | Pakistan |
| Mushfiqur Rahim (c) (wk) Tamim Iqbal (vc) Litton Das Mominul Haque Abul Hasan Shakib Al Hasan Shuvagata Hom Jubair Hossain Rubel Hossain (withdrawn) Shahadat Hossain Taijul Islam Imrul Kayes Mahmudullah Riyad Soumya Sarkar Mohammad Shahid | Misbah-ul-Haq (c) Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk) Saeed Ajmal Azhar Ali Rahat Ali (withdrawn) Sami Aslam Babar Azam Zulfiqar Babar Mohammad Hafeez Junaid Khan Sohail Khan (withdrawn) Younis Khan Wahab Riaz Yasir Shah Asad Shafiq Haris Sohail Imran Khan | Mashrafe Mortaza (c) Shakib Al Hasan (vc) Taskin Ahmed Mominul Haque Abul Hasan Nasir Hossain Rubel Hossain Tamim Iqbal Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) Sabbir Rahman Mahmudullah Riyad Soumya Sarkar Arafat Sunny Rony Talukdar | Azhar Ali (c) Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk) Mohammad Hafeez Asad Shafiq Fawad Alam Mohammad Rizwan Haris Sohail Sohaib Maqsood (withdrawn) Sami Aslam Saeed Ajmal Yasir Shah (withdrawn) Wahab Riaz Rahat Ali Ehsan Adil (withdrawn) Sohail Khan (withdrawn) Rahat Ali Saad Nasim Junaid Khan Zulfiqar Babar Umar Gul | Mashrafe Mortaza (c) Shakib Al Hasan (vc) Tamim Iqbal Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) Rony Talukdar Soumya Sarkar Litton Das Mahmudullah Nasir Hossain Sabbir Rahman Taskin Ahmed Abul Hasan Mustafizur Rahman Arafat Sunny | Shahid Afridi (c) Mukhtar Ahmed Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk) Saeed Ajmal Umar Gul Mohammad Hafeez Junaid Khan Sohail Khan (withdrawn) Sohaib Maqsood Saad Nasim Wahab Riaz Mohammad Rizwan Ahmed Shehzad Haris Sohail Sohail Tanvir |

## 50-over tour match

* 15 April 2015 09:00 Scorecard
| Pakistanis 268/9 (50 overs) | v | BCB XI 270/9 (48.5 overs) |
| Mohammad Hafeez 85 (79) Shuvagata Hom 3/39 (7 overs) | | Sabbir Rahman 123 (99) Junaid Khan 4/38 (9.5 overs) |
* BCB XI won by 1 wicket Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)
* Pakistanis won the toss and elected to bat.
* Both sides were able to name up to 13 players in their squads, 11 batting and 11 fielding.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 17 April 2015 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Bangladesh 329/6 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 250 (45.2 overs) |
| Tamim Iqbal 132 (135) Wahab Riaz 4/59 (10 overs) | | Azhar Ali 72 (73) Taskin Ahmed 3/42 (8 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 79 runs Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Mushfiqur Rahim (Ban)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Saad Nasim and Mohammad Rizwan (both Pak) made their ODI debuts.
* This was the highest total for Bangladesh in One Day Internationals and their first win over Pakistan since the 1999 Cricket World Cup.

### 2nd ODI

* 19 April 2015 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 239/6 (50 overs) | v | Bangladesh 240/3 (38.1 overs) |
| Saad Nasim 77* (96) Shakib Al Hasan 2/51 (10 overs) | | Tamim Iqbal 116* (116) Saeed Ajmal 1/49 (9.1 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 7 wickets Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Tamim Iqbal (Ban)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* This victory gave Bangladesh their first ever series win over Pakistan.

### 3rd ODI

* 22 April 2015 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 250 (49 overs) | v | Bangladesh 251/2 (39.3 overs) |
| Azhar Ali 101 (112) Shakib Al Hasan 2/34 (10 overs) | | Soumya Sarkar 127* (110) Junaid Khan 2/67 (7.3 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 8 wickets Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Soumya Sarkar (Ban)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sami Aslam (Pak) made his ODI debut.
* Bangladesh white-washed Pakistan for the first time in ODI history.

## T20I series

* 24 April 2015 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 141/5 (20 overs) | v | Bangladesh 143/3 (16.2 overs) |
| Mukhtar Ahmed 37 (30) Mustafizur Rahman 2/20 (4 overs) | | Shakib Al Hasan 57* (41) Umar Gul 1/23 (2 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 7 wickets Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Anisur Rahman (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Sabbir Rahman (Ban)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Mustafizur Rahman and Soumya Sarkar (Ban) and Mohammad Rizwan and Mukhtar Ahmed (Pak) made their T20I debuts.

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 28 April – 2 May 2015 Scorecard
* Match drawn Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match: Tamim Iqbal (Ban)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Mohammad Shahid and Soumya Sarkar (Ban) and Sami Aslam (Pak) made their Test debuts.
* Mohammad Hafeez scored his eighth Test century and became the sixth Pakistan batsman to score a century in three consecutive Tests. Hafeez converted his eighth century into his maiden double century on the third day of the match.
* Imrul Kayes and Tamim Iqbal's partnership of 312 was Bangladesh's highest partnership in Test cricket. It was also the highest opening partnership in a second innings of a Test.

### 2nd Test

* 6–10 May 2015 Scorecard
* Pakistan won by 328 runs Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Azhar Ali (Pak)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.

## Broadcasters

Bangladesh Television and PTV Sports were the official broadcasters of this series respectively in Bangladesh and Pakistan.