Asia Cup Super Four Stage: Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 7 wickets

In the first match of the Asia Cup Super Four stage, Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 7 wickets.

The national team achieved the target of 194 runs given by Bangladesh with the loss of 3 wickets in the first 10 overs. Mohammad Rizwan scored 63 and Agha Salman remained not out by scoring 12 runs. Haris Rauf was declared Man of the Match for taking four wickets for just 19 runs in 6 overs.

Pakistan’s innings:

Openers Fakhar Zaman and Imamul Haq opened the innings for Pakistan. Pakistan’s first wicket fell on 35 in the tenth over when Fakhar Zaman was lbw off Sharaful Islam following scoring 20 runs.

Babar Azam was dismissed by Tasin Ahmed for a total score of 74 in the sixteenth over. He scored 17 runs off 22 balls.

Imam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Rizwan put on a partnership of 85 runs, but following Imam-ul-Haq scored 78 runs in the 33rd over for a total score of 159, he was dismissed by Mehdi Hasan Miraz.

Bangladesh innings:

Batting first, the Bangladesh team was bowled out for 193 runs in 38.4 overs. Haris Rauf got 4 wickets, Naseem Shah got 3 wickets, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Faheem Ashraf and Iftikhar Ahmed got one wicket each.

In the match played at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, the Bangladeshi opener failed to give a good start to the team, opener Mehdi Hasan Safar, Mohammad Naeem 20 while Laton Das 16, Tohid Hardoy returned to the pavilion following scoring 2 runs.

Captain Shakib Al Hasan got out by scoring 53 runs off 57 balls with the help of 7 fours. He and Mushfiqur Rahim formed a partnership of 100 runs for the fifth wicket. Mushfiqur Rahim was dismissed for 64 runs, but following him no player might score remarkable runs and wickets kept falling one following the other.

Earlier, the captain of the Bangladesh team, Shakibul Hassan, won the toss and decided to bat first. He said that he will try to give a good performance once morest Pakistan. Are part of XI.

On this occasion, the captain of the national team, Babar Azam, said that the opponents do not consider the team weak, they will try to take advantage of the home conditions. Faheem Ashraf has been made a part of the squad in place of Mohammad Nawaz.

Pakistan squad

Captain Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Imamul Haq, Salman Ali Agha, Muhammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan, Muhammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf are included.

Bangladesh squad

Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Mohammad Naeem, Tanzeed Hasan, Latin Das, Tawheed Hardoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehdi Hasan, Mehdi Hasan Miraz, Tasin Ahmad, Sharaful Islam and Mustafizur Rahman.