The Pakistan cricket team toured Bangladesh in November and December 2021 to play two Test and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2][3] The Test series was part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship.[4] The fixtures for the tour were confirmed in September 2021.[5] Pakistan last toured Bangladesh in April and May 2015.[6]
| Pakistani cricket team in Bangladesh in 2021–22 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Bangladesh | Pakistan | ||
| Dates | 19 November – 8 December 2021 | ||
| Captains | Mominul Haque (Tests) Mahmudullah (T20Is) | Babar Azam | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Pakistan won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Litton Das (224) | Abid Ali (263) | |
| Most wickets | Taijul Islam (10) | Sajid Khan (16) | |
| Player of the series | Abid Ali (Pak) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Pakistan won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Afif Hossain (76) | Fakhar Zaman (91) | |
| Most wickets | Mahmudullah (3) | Mohammad Wasim (5) | |
| Player of the series | Mohammad Rizwan (Pak) | ||
Pakistan won the first T20I match by four wickets,[7] and the second match by eight wickets to win the series with a game to play.[8][9] Pakistan won the third T20I match by five wickets to win the series 3–0.[10] Pakistan won the first Test by eight wickets.[11] Despite rain washing out most of day two and all of day three of the second Test,[12][13] Pakistan won by an innings and eight runs late on the fifth day to win the series 2–0.[14]
Squads
| Tests | T20Is | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 Bangladesh[15] |  Pakistan[16] | Bangladesh[17] | Pakistan[18] |
Kamrul Islam Rabbi and Parvez Hossain Emon were both added to Bangladesh's squad for the third T20I match.[19] Prior to the Test series, Khaled Ahmed and Shohidul Islam were both added to Bangladesh's squad for the first Test, with Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam unavailable due to injury.[20] Taskin Ahmed was later added to Bangladesh's squad for the second Test, along with Mohammad Naim.[21] Saif Hassan was ruled out of Bangladesh's squad for the second Test after being diagnosed with typhoid.[22]
T20I series
1st T20I
2nd T20I
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd T20I
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shohidul Islam (Ban) and Shahnawaz Dahani (Pak) both made their T20I debuts.
Test series
1st Test
26–30 November 2021 Scorecard |
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Yasir Ali (Ban) and Abdullah Shafique (Pak) both made their Test debuts.
- Litton Das (Ban) scored his first century in Tests.[23]
- Nurul Hasan replaced Yasir Ali as a concussion substitute for Bangladesh.[24]
- World Test Championship Points: Pakistan 12, Bangladesh 0.
2nd Test
4–8 December 2021 Scorecard |
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible after tea on day 1 due to bad light.
- Only 6.2 overs of play was possible on day 2 and no play was possible on day 3 due to rain.
- Mahmudul Hasan Joy (Ban) made his Test debut.
- Sajid Khan (Pak) took his first five-wicket haul in Tests.[25]
- Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) scored his 4,000th run in Tests.[26]
- World Test Championship Points: Pakistan 12, Bangladesh 0.