Pakistan made 448/6d in their first innings and Bangladesh replied with 565 runs.
Naseem Shah, the ace Pakistan pacer lashed out at the pitch prepared for the first Test against Bangladesh at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
After four days of cricket, 1036 runs were made, with 17 wickets lost. Pakistan reached 448/6d in their first innings, behind Bangladesh (565 all out).
The pitch's docile nature has frustrated Pakistan fast bowler Naseem Shah, who has chastised the board for failing to prepare pitches that benefit both fast bowlers and spinners.
The Rawalpindi surface has plenty of grass cover and was expected to benefit the pacers in the opening Test. The cloud cover on the opening day of the Test match aided the pacers, but it faded when the sun emerged.
"I'm playing a Test after more than a year and took me time to find my rhythm. The kind of weather we have right now, it's extremely hot, and we didn't get the kind of help from the surface as a bowling unit as we expected.
If we're incapable of making the sort of pitches that help fast bowlers, then we should look at whether we can produce spin wickets. However you do it, you need to use home advantage," Naseem said in a press conference after day 4.
Pakistan's Test matches have recently been dreary affairs, with bowlers depending mainly on reverse swing to take wickets. This stands in stark contrast to other pitches across the world, which have either produced sports wickets or given the advantage to bowlers.
"People come to enjoy Test cricket in this heat, so you need to entertain them. What shouldn't happen is you're on the field at home and thinking this is hard work. The more you keep cricket entertaining, the better. It's something we need to seriously think about.
We believed the fast bowlers would get plenty of help here. But what we were expecting didn't exactly happen. With four fast bowlers, your mindset is to take wickets with the quick balls. However, I don't think it'll spin either, because there's grass on the pitch. But the pitch is very dry underneath, and the ball isn't getting much help off the grass because of that, even if it appears like it might off the surface," the young pacer concluded.
At the time of writing this piece, Pakistan was 108/6 at lunch on the final day of the Test.