Rain washes out third day of play in Dhaka
Rain triggered by a weakened cyclone washed out the third day of the second test between Bangladesh and Pakistan in Dhaka on Monday.
Match officials called off play at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium at 10am CAT (SA, GMT+2), with no chance of the weather improving for the day.
Only 63.2 overs of play were possible over the first two days with Pakistan reaching 188-2 in their first innings, with skipper Babar Azam batting on 71 alongside Azhar Ali on 52.
Taijul Islam picked up both wickets to fall.
Pakistan lead the two-test series 1-0 after winning the first encounter in Chittagong by eight wickets.
BANGLADESH: Shadman Islam, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mominul Haque(c), Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das(w), Mehidy Hasan, Taijul Islam, Khaled Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain
PAKISTAN: Abid Ali, Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam(c), Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan(w), Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Sajid Khan, Nauman Ali, Shaheen Afridi
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