PAK vs BAN Match Report: Pakistan has defeated Bangladesh in the first match of the Asia Cup Super-4 round. The Pakistani team led by Babar Azam defeated Bangladesh by 7 wickets. Pakistan had a target of 194 runs to win. Due to the brilliant innings of Pakistani team opener Imam-ul-Haq and wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan, the match was won by scoring 194 runs for 3 wickets in 39.3 overs. Imam-ul-Haq scored 78 off 84 balls. While Mohammad Rizwan played an inning of 63 runs in 79 balls.
Earlier, opener Fakhar Zaman scored 20 runs in 31 balls. Fakhar Zaman was dismissed by Shoriful Islan. At the same time, Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam went on to score 17 runs off 22 balls. Babar Azam was bowled out by Bangladesh fast bowler Taskin Ahmed. Apart from Shoriful Islan and Taskin Ahmed, Mehdi Hasan Miraj took 1-1 wickets for Bangladesh.
Now the challenge of Team India and Sri Lanka will be in front of Pakistan.
However, Pakistan started the Super-4 round with a bang. Now the Pakistani team will play with India and Sri Lanka in the super round. The match between India and Pakistan will be played on 10 September. At the same time, the match between India and Pakistan is to be played on the ground of Colombo. After a thumping victory against Bangladesh, Pakistan, under the captaincy of Babar Azam, has taken a firm step towards the finals.
This is how the Pakistan-Bangladesh match was…
Earlier, Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan had decided to bat after winning the toss. After winning the toss, the Bangladesh team came out to bat first and got reduced to 193 runs in 38.4 overs. Mushfiqur Rahim played an inning of 64 runs in 87 balls. He hit 5 fours in his innings. While apart from Mushfiqur Rahim, captain Shakib Al Hasan contributed 53 runs off 57 balls. Fast bowler Haris Rauf took the maximum 4 wickets for Pakistan. Apart from this, Mohammad Naseem dismissed 3 players of Bangladesh. Shaheen Afridi, Faheem Ashraf and Iftikhar Ahmed got 1-1 wickets.
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