The defeat also extended Pakistan's dismal home record in Tests to 10 matches and faced a second consecutive clean sweep since Shan Masood's appointment as Test captain without a win.

Rawalpindi: Pakistan hit a cricket low on Tuesday with a six-wicket defeat in the second Test against Bangladesh, terming the 0-2 series defeat as 'sad'. It was Pakistan's sixth defeat in their last 10 Tests at home and the first time Bangladesh had beaten their neighbors in both a Test and a series.

“It hurts that our cricket has come to this stage. Credit should go to Bangladesh for a disciplined performance. But the way our batting has deteriorated in this series is a bad sign,” said former Test captain Javed Miandad.

Bangladesh's batsmen dominated the second innings in the second Test after Pakistan dropped pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi from the playing eleven and rested Naseem Shah. Pakistan bundled out Bangladesh for 26/6 in the first innings before centurions Liton Das and Mehdi Hasan Miraz put on a spectacular partnership to rescue their side.

Miandad felt that the players' confidence had been lost due to the infighting in the Pakistan board. “I will not blame the players only because what has happened in the board (PCB) in the last year and a half and the change in captaincy and management has affected the team,” he said.

Former captain, Inzamam-ul-Haq said that losing three series and going winless at home in nine Tests was a worrying record. “In the past our best chance to beat the best teams was considered a home series. But for that to happen, the batsmen have to score runs,” he said.

Pakistan's record batsman Younus Khan said that when a team gets into a losing mindset, it is difficult to come back. “Our batsmen have scored runs in the past, but right now I think they need mental strength and a clear mind to overcome this crisis,” he said.

Former Test player Ahmed Shejad, however, lashed out at the batsmen for running against Bangladesh's fast bowlers. “If you can't handle some speed and movement at home, the future is not very bright for us,” he said. Former Test spinner, Iqbal Qasim asked the team management to groom existing and upcoming spinners as Pakistan's best chance of doing well at home is through spinners and giving them useful pitches.

“We don't have bowlers like Sarfraz Nawaz, Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Waqar or Shoaib. So we have to rely on our spinners to win Tests at home.” Now the latest setback has ended Pakistan's chances of getting even closer to the finals of the World Test Championship.

Skipper Shan Masood's lack of runs has added to his nightmare run as a leader as he has now lost all five Tests at home and has not been helped by the struggles of senior batsman Babar Azam. However, word is that red-ball coach Jason Gillespie and his white-ball counterpart Gary Kirsten have advised the PCB and selectors not to hit the panic button as it will further dent the players' confidence. Meanwhile, Gillispie and high-performance coach Tim Nielsen will head home to Australia for a short break.