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Following Pakistan's 328-run victory over Bangladesh in the second Test in Mirpur on Saturday, a number of their players have made gains in the latest ICC Test rankings.

Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan and Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz have both been fined 30 per cent of their match fees for an altercation on the last day of the drawn first Test in Khulna on Saturday.

Bangladesh Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim was downhearted after his side lost the second Test against Pakistan in Dhaka on Saturday, saying they did not plan well enough to win the match.

England have slipped one place to fourth in the ICC Test rankings following their five-wicket defeat in the Barbados Test, which helped the West Indies to level the three-Test series at one-all.

Pakistan Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq was clearly a relieved man after his side beat Bangladesh with more than a day to spare in the second Test in Dhaka, calling the win a 'much-needed' one.

Pakistan ended their tour to Bangladesh on a high note by winning the second Test in Dhaka with more than a day to spare, winning by a whopping 328 runs on day four to take the series one-nil.

Pakistan have two days to either prevent Bangladesh from reaching 550 runs, which seems highly unlikely, or to bowl them out and win the second Test in Dhaka, after day three belonged solidly to the visitors.

Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan has lambasted his country's cricketers, both domestic and international, for being unfit, saying they are the worst in the world when it comes to physical conditioning.

Pakistan were fully in control of the second Test against Bangladesh at stumps on day two in Dhaka, after Azhar Ali's double ton ensures plenty of runs, and then the bowlers reduced the Tigers to 107 for five.

Bangladesh will be without fast bowler Shahadat Hossain for the next six months after he picked up a knee injury in the second Test against Pakistan, twisting it badly enough to probably require surgery.