Pak vs Ban: Sajid Khan etches name in history with record bowling figures 

Dhaka: Pakistani off-spinner Sajid Khan claimed a career-best 8-42 as Pakistan reduced hosts to 87 in the first innings of the rain-affected second Test against Bangladesh that was being played in Dhaka.  

Sajid Khan took 8-42, becoming Pakistan’s fourth-best figure in Test cricket and achieved a unique milestone in the Test as he surpassed Saqlain Mushtaq’s eight for 164.   

Taking 8 wickets is no easy feat and by achieving it, Sajid has etched his name in history alongside some of the greatest of the game that Pakistan has ever produced.

Khan followed Muttiah Muralitharan’s 9-51 who achieved the feat against Zimbabwe in Kandy in 2002. 

Pakistan bowl out Bangladesh for 87 and enforce the follow-on!

Sajid Khan finishes with an eight-wicket haul ?#WTC23 | #BANvPAK | https://t.co/sUmFzGbNZ5 pic.twitter.com/wVzbGqeLFf

— ICC (@ICC) December 8, 2021

Fourth in an illustrious list! ? pic.twitter.com/pEm9xujJcb

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) December 8, 2021

The 28-year-old— who was the player of the day on Tuesday, took six important wickets.

After heavy rain had washed out most of the opening three days, Pakistan declared on 300-4 on day four before restricting Bangladesh to 76-7 at close.  

They needed just six overs to wrap up Bangladesh's first innings in Dhaka as the hosts were bowled out for 87.

Pakistan leads the two-Test series 1-0 after an eight-wicket win in Chittagong. 

Pakistan Squad

Babar Azam (c), Abid Ali, Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan , Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Sajid Khan, Nauman Ali, Shaheen Afridi

Bangladesh Squad

Mominul Haque (c), Shadman Islam, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das, Mahedi Hasan, Taijul Islam, Ebadot Hossain, Khaled Ahmed