Bangladesh vs Pakistan Cricket Timeline: Complete Head-to-Head History, Records and Stats (1986–2026)

On August 25, 2024, at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Bangladesh beat Pakistan in a Test match for the first time in history– in their 14th attempt, on Pakistani soil, by 10 wickets. Then they did it again five days later. The Bangladesh National Cricket Team vs Pakistan National Cricket Team timeline is a 40-year record of near-total Pakistani dominance, punctuated by moments that rewrote the narrative entirely. This article covers every series, every format, verified head-to-head stats, and the tactical factors behind the rivalry’s biggest structural shift.

Quick Answer: BAN vs PAK Head-to-Head Record (All Formats, Updated May 2026)

The Bangladesh National Cricket Team vs Pakistan National Cricket Team head-to-head record, updated through May 2026, shows Pakistan leading 61–13 across all formats from 76 matches.

Format	Total Matches	Pakistan Won	Bangladesh Won	No Result
Tests	14	11	2	1
ODIs	43	34	8	1
T20Is	19	16	3	0
All Combined	76	61	13	2

Pakistan dominates the overall record. However, Bangladesh have won the last two Test series meetings (2024) and back-to-back bilateral ODI series (2015 and 2026). The trajectory is shifting.

Complete Year-by-Year Timeline: Bangladesh vs Pakistan Cricket (1986–2026)

The full Bangladesh vs Pakistan cricket timeline begins in 1986 at the Asia Cup and runs through the ongoing May 2026 Test series at Mirpur. Below is the complete chronological record- every series, every format.

Year	Event	Format	Winner	Key Detail
1986	Asia Cup, Moratuwa	ODI	Pakistan	First-ever meeting between the two sides
1999	ICC World Cup, Northampton	ODI	Bangladesh	Won by 62 runs, largest upset of the tournament
2001	Bangladesh tour of Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan	3–0 series win
2001–02	Pakistan tour of Bangladesh	Test	Pakistan	Bangladesh’s first Tests vs Pakistan, lost 2–0
2003	Bangladesh tour of Pakistan	Test	Pakistan	Pakistan won 3–0 sweep
2008	Asia Cup, Karachi	ODI	Bangladesh	First Asia Cup ODI win over Pakistan
2011	Bangladesh home Tests	Test	Pakistan	Won by an innings and 184 runs
2011–12	Bangladesh home Tests	Test	Draw	Bangladesh’s first non-loss vs Pakistan in Tests
2014	Asia Cup T20, Mirpur	T20I	Pakistan	Won by 50 runs
2015	Bangladesh home ODI series	ODI	Bangladesh	Won 3–0, first bilateral ODI series win
2015	Asia Cup, Mirpur	T20I	Bangladesh	Won by 7 wickets
2016	Asia Cup, Mirpur	T20I	Bangladesh	Won by 5 wickets
2021	Pakistan home T20I series	T20I	Pakistan	Won 3–0
2021	Bangladesh home Tests	Test	Pakistan	Won 2–0
2022	ICC T20 WC, Adelaide	T20I	Pakistan	Won by 5 wickets
2023	Asia Cup, Lahore	ODI	Pakistan	Won by 7 wickets
2023	Asian Games, Hangzhou	T20I	Bangladesh	Won by 6 wickets
Aug 2024	1st Test, Rawalpindi	Test	Bangladesh	Won by 10 wickets- first-ever Test win vs Pakistan
Sep 2024	2nd Test, Rawalpindi	Test	Bangladesh	Won by 6 wickets- historic 2–0 series sweep
Mar 2026	Pakistan tour of Bangladesh, ODI series	ODI	Bangladesh	Won 2–1, second bilateral ODI series win
May 2026	Pakistan tour of Bangladesh, 1st Test	Test	Ongoing	Bangladesh set Pakistan 267 to win on Day 5

Bangladesh vs Pakistan Test Record: Complete Match History

Bangladesh have won 2 of 14 Tests against Pakistan. Both wins came in 2024 at Rawalpindi. Pakistan lead the Test head-to-head 11–2, with 1 draw.

Test Results: Full Match-by-Match Scorecard

Date	Venue	Winner	Margin	Top Scorer	Best Bowler
Jan 2002	Multan	Pakistan	Innings & 264 runs	Inzamam-ul-Haq (138)	Danish Kaneria (4/57)
Jan 2002	Chittagong	Pakistan	8 wickets	Taufeeq Umar (135)	Abdur Razzaq (4/46)
Jul 2003	Peshawar	Pakistan	9 wickets	Hasan Raza (140)	Shabbir Ahmed (5/45)
Aug 2003	Multan	Pakistan	Innings & 264 runs	Inzamam-ul-Haq (329)	Danish Kaneria (7/77)
Sep 2003	Karachi	Pakistan	Innings & 107 runs	Yousuf Youhana (204*)	Umar Gul (5/28)
Dec 2011	Mirpur	Pakistan	Innings & 184 runs	Misbah-ul-Haq (100)	Abdur Rehman (6/25)
Jan 2012	Mirpur	Draw	—	Mushfiqur Rahim (200)	Shakib Al Hasan (4/98)
Apr 2015	Khulna	Pakistan	328 runs	Younis Khan (148)	Yasir Shah (7/76)
May 2015	Dhaka	Pakistan	10 wickets	Mohammad Hafeez (101)	Wahab Riaz (4/47)
Nov 2021	Chittagong	Pakistan	8 wickets	Babar Azam (143)	Hasan Ali (5/51)
Dec 2021	Mirpur	Pakistan	8 wickets	Babar Azam (76)	Sajid Khan (8/42)
Aug 2024	Rawalpindi	Bangladesh	10 wickets	Mushfiqur Rahim (191)	Hasan Mahmud (5/47)
Sep 2024	Rawalpindi	Bangladesh	6 wickets	Mehidy Hasan Miraz (78*)	Mehidy Hasan Miraz (4/42)
May 2026	Mirpur	Ongoing	—	Shanto (87)	Mehidy Hasan Miraz (5/102)

Top Individual Performances: Bangladesh vs Pakistan Tests

• Highest individual score: Inzamam-ul-Haq– 329, Multan, 2003 (Pakistan’s highest Test score at the time)
• Best bowling figures: Sajid Khan- 8/42, Mirpur, 2021
• Best all-round performance in a series: Mehidy Hasan Miraz- 155 runs + 10 wickets, Rawalpindi, 2024
• First Bangladesh century vs Pakistan in Tests: Mushfiqur Rahim– 200, Mirpur, 2012 (draw match)

Bangladesh vs Pakistan ODI Record: Head-to-Head Stats

Pakistan lead the ODI head-to-head 34–8 from 43 matches. Bangladesh’s eight ODI wins are concentrated at home- six of them at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.

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Top Run-Scorers: Bangladesh vs Pakistan ODIs

Player	Country	Innings	Runs	Average	Highest Score
Mohammad Yousuf	PAK	16	893	89.30	112*
Tamim Iqbal	BAN	17	684	42.75	132
Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	17	649	43.26	108
Salman Butt	PAK	7	577	96.16	136
Inzamam-ul-Haq	PAK	13	577	72.12	77

Top Wicket-Takers: Bangladesh vs Pakistan ODIs

Player	Country	Matches	Wickets	Economy	Best Figures
Shahid Afridi	PAK	21	32	4.19	5/29
Umar Gul	PAK	17	29	—	4/17
Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	18	21	—	4/28
Mustafizur Rahman	BAN	10	19	—	5/22

ODI Team Records

• Highest team total: Pakistan- 385/7, Mirpur, 2010
• Lowest team total: Bangladesh- 87, Dhaka, Asia Cup 2000
• Biggest win by runs: Pakistan- by 224 runs, Multan, 2001
• Biggest win by wickets: Bangladesh- by 8 wickets, Mirpur, 2015
• Bangladesh’s highest individual ODI score vs Pakistan: Tamim Iqbal- 132, Mirpur, 2015

Bangladesh vs Pakistan T20I Record: Full Head-to-Head

Pakistan lead the T20I head-to-head 16–3 from 19 matches. All three Bangladesh T20I wins came in Asia-region conditions- a clear pattern that reflects Bangladesh’s home-surface advantage in this format.

Top Run-Scorers: Bangladesh vs Pakistan T20Is

Player	Country	Matches	Runs	Highest Score
Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	11	360	84
Mohammad Hafeez	PAK	10	277	86
Mohammad Rizwan	PAK	9	274	79*
Tamim Iqbal	BAN	8	235	65

Top Wicket-Takers: Bangladesh vs Pakistan T20Is

Player	Country	Wickets	Economy
Mustafizur Rahman	BAN	10	6.89
Haris Rauf	PAK	10	7.11
Shadab Khan	PAK	9	6.43
Taskin Ahmed	BAN	8	7.34

Bangladesh vs Pakistan: Home vs Away Split

One of the most revealing dimensions of the Bangladesh vs Pakistan bilateral cricket history is the home-away split. Bangladesh’s wins are almost entirely built on home conditions.

Location	Matches	BAN Wins	PAK Wins
In Bangladesh	30+	9	21
In Pakistan	20+	2	18
Neutral venues	20+	2	17

Bangladesh have never won an ODI or T20I against Pakistan on a neutral ground. Their two Test wins in Pakistan (2024) remain the only Bangladesh wins on Pakistani soil across any format in this rivalry’s history. This distinction is critical- it defines both Bangladesh’s strength and the remaining gap.

1999 ICC World Cup: The Match That Built Bangladesh Cricket

Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 62 runs at Northampton on May 31, 1999– one of the greatest upsets in World Cup history. Pakistan, one of the tournament favourites, chased 224 and were bowled out for 161. Khaled Mahmud took 3/31. Minhajul Abedin top-scored with 53. Pakistan’s top-order batters had no answer to disciplined line-and-length bowling on a green English surface.

What This Win Actually Changed

What most cricket historians understate: this result accelerated Bangladesh’s administrative elevation. The ICC granted Bangladesh Test status in June 2000– a process the Northampton performance directly supported by providing measurable evidence of competitive ability. Every chapter of the Bangladesh vs Pakistan Test match history that followed traces its starting point back to that day in Northampton.

Bangladesh vs Pakistan ODI Series 2015: First Bilateral Series Win

Bangladesh beat Pakistan 3–0 in the April 2015 ODI bilateral series– their first-ever bilateral ODI series win over Pakistan. It remains one of the most one-sided home series in this rivalry.

2015 Series Results

• 1st ODI (April 17): Bangladesh won by 79 runs- Pakistan all out for 239 chasing 319
• 2nd ODI (April 19): Bangladesh won by 7 wickets- chased 240 with 2.1 overs to spare
• 3rd ODI (April 22): Bangladesh won by 8 wickets- Pakistan bowled out for 250, chased in 44 overs

Tamim Iqbal scored 312 runs across the three games– the highest aggregate by any batter in a three-match bilateral ODI series between the two sides. Mashrafe Mortaza took 9 wickets across the series, consistently exploiting low, slow Mirpur surfaces that negated Pakistan’s pace attack. The tactical key: Bangladesh engineered Mirpur surfaces to minimize pace impact and maximize slow-bowling effectiveness. This same blueprint was used again in the 2026 ODI series- and it worked a second time.

August–September 2024: The Historic Rawalpindi Test Series

The 2024 Bangladesh tour of Pakistan Tests is the defining chapter of the entire Bangladesh National Cricket Team vs Pakistan National Cricket Team timeline. Bangladesh had never won a single Test against Pakistan in 22 years and 13 previous attempts. Then they won two in a row.

1st Test, Rawalpindi, August 21–25, 2024- Bangladesh Won by 10 Wickets

Pakistan scored 448/6 declared. Bangladesh replied with 565– posting a 117-run first-innings lead. Mushfiqur Rahim scored 191. Pakistan then collapsed to 146 all out in their second innings. Bangladesh knocked off 30 runs without loss. Hasan Mahmud took 5/47 in Pakistan’s second innings– Bangladesh’s first five-wicket haul by a fast bowler in a Test on Pakistani soil. All ten second-innings wickets were taken by Bangladesh’s fast bowlers- the first time that occurred in Bangladesh’s Test history.

2nd Test, Rawalpindi, August 30 – September 3, 2024- Bangladesh Won by 6 Wickets

Pakistan scored 274 and 172. Bangladesh scored 262 and chased 185, reaching the target for the loss of 4 wickets. Mehidy Hasan Miraz scored 78* in the chase and took 4/42 across the match. Mehidy’s combined series contribution: 155 runs and 10 wickets– the best all-round performance by any player in a Test series in Pakistan in recent history.

The 2024 Series in Numbers

Metric	Bangladesh	Pakistan
Total runs scored	842	641
Total wickets taken	40	26
Fast-bowling wickets	28	12
Centuries	1 (Mushfiqur 191)	1 (Masood 100*)

Bangladesh’s preparation for the 2024 Pakistan tour- documented included extended pace-bowling camps and structured workload management plans, reflecting a more methodical build-up than previous overseas Test tours.

Bangladesh vs Pakistan ODI Series 2026: Second Bilateral Win

Bangladesh won the March 2026 ODI series 2–1, becoming the first side to win back-to-back bilateral ODI series against Pakistan since South Africa in 2013.

2026 ODI Series Results

• 1st ODI (March 11): Bangladesh won- Pakistan bowled out for 114
• 2nd ODI (March 13): Pakistan won by 127 runs (DLS method)
• 3rd ODI (March 15): Bangladesh won by 11 runs- BAN posted 290/5, PAK fell short at 279

Top Wicket-Takers, 2026 ODI Series

Player	Team	Wickets	Best Figures
Nahid Rana	BAN	8	5/24
Taskin Ahmed	BAN	6	4/49
Haris Rauf	PAK	6	3/26
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	BAN	5	3/29

Nahid Rana’s emergence as a 150+ kph pacer capable of generating reverse swing in humid Dhaka conditions is the clearest signal of Bangladesh’s ongoing fast-bowling development. He is 22 years old.

May 2026 Test Series: Mirpur, Ongoing

The Bangladesh vs Pakistan Test series in May 2026 began at Shere Bangla National Stadium on May 8. This is Pakistan’s first Test visit to Bangladesh since 2021.

• Day 1–2: Bangladesh posted 413. Shanto scored 87.
• Day 3–4: Mehidy Hasan Miraz took 5/102. Debutant Azan Awais scored 103 for Pakistan before a collapse. Pakistan all out for 386. Bangladesh lead by 27.
• Day 4–5: Bangladesh declared at 240/9, setting Pakistan 267 to win on Day 5.

As of May 12, 2026, Bangladesh are pressing for their third consecutive Test win against Pakistan– a result that would make this the most significant period in the Bangladesh National Cricket Team vs Pakistan National Cricket Team timeline since 1999.

Tactical Evolution: Why Bangladesh’s Results Are Changing

Bangladesh’s Fast-Bowling Revolution

From 2010 to 2022, Bangladesh’s bowling relied almost entirely on Shakib Al Hasan (246 Test wickets, 317 ODI wickets in his career) and Mustafizur Rahman. Taskin Ahmed’s return from injury in 2022, followed by Shoriful Islam and Nahid Rana’s emergence, gave Bangladesh a genuine three-man pace unit capable of taking wickets in overseas conditions. This directly enabled the Rawalpindi wins in 2024.

Pakistan’s Batting Vulnerability Against Seam

Pakistan’s Test batting has shown a recurring pattern against sustained seam bowling- collapsing at home to England (2022) and Bangladesh (2024). Over-reliance on Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan leaves the middle and lower order exposed when early wickets fall. Bangladesh’s pacers targeted this structural weakness in both 2024 Tests with disciplined short-pitch and seaming-line attacks.

Mirpur Surface Engineering

Bangladesh have configured Mirpur surfaces for specific tactical outcomes across formats: slow and low for ODIs (removing Pakistan’s pace advantage), and offering lateral seam movement for Tests (enhancing Mehidy’s off-spin and Taskin’s seam). Both approaches have produced series wins.

Mehidy Hasan Miraz: The Defining Individual

Mehidy’s role has transformed from reliability option to match-winner. In the 2024 Rawalpindi Tests, he scored 155 runs and took 10 wickets. In the 2026 Mirpur Test, he took 5 wickets in Pakistan’s first innings. He is now Bangladesh’s most important player in Tests against Pakistan.

Before vs After 2024: The Structural Shift

Metric	Before August 2024	After August 2024
Test wins vs Pakistan	0	2
Test series wins vs Pakistan	0	1
Wins in Pakistan (all formats)	0	2
Consecutive ODI wins at Mirpur vs PAK	3	4
Bilateral ODI series wins vs Pakistan	1	2

Memorable Matches: Five Defining Moments in the Rivalry

1. 1999 World Cup, Northampton- Bangladesh 223, Pakistan 161

Bangladesh won by 62 runs. Khaled Mahmud 3/31. Pakistan’s highest-ranked batting lineup collapsed against Associate-level bowling. This win granted Bangladesh Test status.

2. 2015, 3rd ODI, Mirpur- Pakistan 250, Bangladesh 252/2

Bangladesh won by 8 wickets. Tamim Iqbal 132. Completed the first-ever ODI whitewash of Pakistan by Bangladesh.

3. Jan 2012, Mirpur Test- Mushfiqur Rahim 200

Match drawn. Bangladesh’s first Test double century. First non-loss vs Pakistan in Tests. Turned the psychological dynamic of the rivalry permanently.

4. August 2024, 1st Test, Rawalpindi- Pakistan 448 & 146, Bangladesh 565 & 30/0

Bangladesh won by 10 wickets. Mushfiqur Rahim 191. Hasan Mahmud 5/47. The result that ended Pakistan’s 22-year unbeaten Test record against Bangladesh.

5. September 2024, 2nd Test, Rawalpindi- Mehidy Miraz 78*, 10 wickets in the match

Bangladesh won by 6 wickets. Completed the first-ever Test series win by Bangladesh against Pakistan.

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