Dhaka : , Pakistan overcame a few challenges to win the four-match Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium match in Mirpur.On Friday, they took a 1-0 lead.Pakistan finished 128 runs short of the victory.They were at 24/4 in the Powerplay.
With a 56-run stand, Fakhar Zaman & Khushdil Shah kept the ship on its feet.
The Bangladesh bowlers made a strong effort, but Shadab Khan & Mohammad Nawaz won the match with stunning 36 runs from just 15 balls.
Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam, the opening runners, were both back at the dugout.Rizwan had scored 11 runs while Babar only made 7 runs.
As Pakistan fell to 24/4, it got worse.Shoaib Malik and Haider Ali were out for zero.
Fakhar Zaman (34), and Khushdil Shah (34) saved them, before Shadab (20 not out) or Nawaz (18 not out).They won.
Bangladesh had also struggled earlier, but Afif, Nurul Hasan and Mahedi Hasan were able to help them achieve a respectable total on the board of 127/7.
Bangladesh’s skipper Mahmudullah won toss.He elected to bat, but his decision was deemed ill-advised.They lost Mohammad Naim to Hasan Ali on the first ball.
Naim scored just one run and had three runs left.It was 10/2 after Mohammad Wasim ended Saif Hassan, the debutant at the wicket, with a run that moved off the seam.Fakar Zaman took the first slip.
With 15 runs remaining, the hosts were unable to win their third wicket.
Najmul Hossain Shahto (7), who tried to make room for Mohammed Wasim, ended up taking a cross-batted shot and snatching a ball from the bowler.
Mohammad Nawaz bowled Skipper Mahmudullah for six, as Bangladesh cricketers continued to fight against an attacking bowling team that made the most of the weather conditions.
As they lost wickets frequently, they were guilty of reckless shooting.
Hossain was the top scorer for Bangladesh, scoring 36 runs before Rizwan off Shadab Kan stumped him.Hasan Ali took his second victim, Nurul Hasan, 28 off 2 balls (2×6).The hosts fell to 96/6 by the end of the 17th over.
Mahedi Hasan hit two sixes, and one four during his unbeaten 30-off 20 deliveries.Bangladesh reached 127/7 within their allotted time.
Hasan Ali won the best of all the Pakistani bowlers, scoring 3-22.Mohammad Wasim scored 2-24.
Pakistan was in for a tough chase.
Brief scores:Bangladesh lost to Pakistan at 132/6 after 20 overs.(Atif Hossain 36; Nurul Hasan 28; Hasan Ali 3-22; Md Wasim 2-24) By 4 wkts.
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