India, May 9 -- Pakistan are well and truly back in the first Test against Bangladesh at Mirpur's Sher-e-Bangla Stadium.

At the close of day one, Shan Masood's side was in the backseat, after the hosts scored 301/4. But by the end of day two on Saturday, the Pakistanis were in the ascendancy, largely thanks to their pacer Mohammad Abbas.

Abbas returned to Pakistan's Test scheme of things last year after a long gap, and he has since been quite terrific. Abbas struck three wickets in the first session for Pakistan, accounting for Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Taijul Islam.

Mushfiqur Rahim and Das started the day on 48 and 8, respectively, and took the team score to 338 when Abbas removed the latter for 33. Miraz and Islam didn't sti...