Opener Abid Ali missed out on back-to-back centuries by just nine runs, but Pakistan comfortably chased down a 202-run target to beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in the first Test in Chittagong on Tuesday.

Abid and Abdullah Shafique put on a 151-run opening partnership, their second consecutive 100-plus stand in the match to give Pakistan a strong start. Abid, who hit 133 in the first innings, struck 12 boundaries and scored 91 in the second.

Resuming Day V at 109/0 and just 93 away from victory, the Pakistan openers appeared to be in full control until off-spinner Mehidy Hasan struck. Shafique, following up his first-innings half-century with a solid 73, was trapped lbw by Mehidy.

Seven overs later, left-arm spinner Taijul Islam had Abid out lbw, baffling him with sharp turn. Pakistan, though, were still well placed then at 171/2 as Azhar Ali combined with captain Babar Azam thereafter to complete the inevitable.

“Shaheen (Afridi) and Hasan (Ali) were outstanding. So was Abid. We didn’t have much time to prepare for the Test, but we gave our best,” Babar said.

For Bangladesh, however, there’s some good news as Shakib-al Hasan has been ruled fit for the second Test at Mirpur starting on Saturday. Shakib missed the first Test as well as the T20Is versus Pakistan due to the hamstring injury.