PAK vs BAN Highlights: Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 7 wickets in the Super-4 round of Asia Cup 2023 on Wednesday. Bangladesh set a target of 194 runs at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, which Pakistan easily achieved in 39.3 overs at the loss of 3 wickets. Mohammad Rizwan played an unbeaten inning of 63 runs in 79 balls with the help of 7 fours and 1 six. Imam-ul-Haq scored 78 runs in 84 balls. He hit 5 fours and 4 sixes. Rizwan and Imam made a partnership of 85 runs for the third wicket. Fakhar Zaman added 20 and captain Babar Azam added 17 runs. Agha Salman returned unbeaten after scoring 12 runs.
Earlier, Bangladesh team won the toss and chose to bat and were all out for 193 runs in 38.4 overs. Haris Rauf bowled killer for Pakistan. Rauf took 4 wickets for 19 runs in 6 overs. Naseem Shah took three while Shaheen Afridi, Faheem Ashraf and Iftikhar Ahmed took one each. Mushfiqur Rahim (64 off 87 balls) scored the most runs from Bangladesh. Captain Shakib Al Hasan contributed 53 runs in 57 balls. Mushfiqur and Shakib shared a 100-run partnership for the fifth wicket. Bangladesh had lost their opening four wickets for just 47 runs. The bat of Mehdin Hasan Miraj (0) remained silent. Mohammad Nayeem (20) and Liton Das (16) could not play big innings.
Pakistan vs Bangladesh Live Scorecard
PAK 194/3 (39.3 overs)
BAN 193/10 (38.4 overs)
– Pakistan has won the match by 7 wickets. Agha Salman hits the winning four. Salman 12 and Mohammad Rizwan remained unbeaten after scoring 63 runs.
– Pakistan’s third wicket has fallen in the form of Imam. He was bowled by Miraj in the 33rd over. Imam scored 78 runs in 84 balls. He hit 5 fours and 4 sixes. Rizwan 46 and Agha Salman are playing after scoring 2 runs.
– Bangladesh is not getting any break from Imam and Rizwan. Both have partnered more than 70 runs. Imam is batting on 68 and Rizwan on 39.
– Imam-ul-Haq (55 *) has made Fifty. He completed his half-century in 60 balls. This is the 19th Fifty of his ODI career. Mohammad Rizwan has scored 20 runs. There is a 40-run partnership between the two.
– Imam has reached close to Fifty. He has scored 41 runs in 50 balls. Mohammad is on a personal score of 17.
– Pakistan has got a big blow. Captain Babar Azam has been shown the way to the pavilion by Taskin Ahmed. Babar was bowled on the third ball of the 16th over. He scored 17 runs in 22 balls. He hit a boundary. Imam survives by scoring 36 runs. Mohammad Rizwan has descended to support him.
– Pakistan team has crossed the 50 mark. Imam 23 and Babar Azam have reached personal scores of 13.
– Pakistan has got its first blow in the form of Fakhar Zaman. He was lbw by Shoriful on the first ball of the 10th over. Fakhar took review but to no avail. He scored 20 runs in 31 balls with the help of 3 fours. Imam is at the crease after scoring 15 runs and Babar Azam has scored 1 run.
– Pakistan-Bangladesh match stopped due to faulty floodlights.
– Pakistan has scored 15 runs in the first 5 overs. Fakhar is at the crease after scoring 13 runs and Imam has scored 2 runs. Taskin and Shoriful are bowling. Taskin gave three runs each in the third and fifth overs while Shorif bowled the second over and gave one run in the fourth over.
– Pakistan’s innings has started. Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq have come to chase the target. Taskin Ahmed spent 8 runs in the first over. Fakhar hit the third and last ball for a four.
– Bangladesh has set a target of 194 runs in front of Pakistan. Naseem Shah wrapped up the Bangladeshi innings in the 39th over by dismissing Afif Hossain (12) and Shoriful Islam (1). Hasan Mahmood remained unbeaten after scoring one run.
– Haris hunted Mushfiqur Rahim and Taskin Ahmed in the 38th over. Both caught wicketkeeper Rizwan. Mushfiqur scored 64 runs in 87 balls with the help of 5 fours. Taskin’s account was not opened.
– Iftikhar Ahmed has sent Shamim Hussain to the pavilion. In the 35th over, Shamim was caught by Imam-ul-Haq in an attempt to hit a big shot. He scored 16 runs in 23 balls. Shamim hits a six. Mushfiqur is batting after scoring 59 runs. Afif Hussain has come to support him.
– Bangladesh’s fifth wicket has fallen in the form of Shakib Al Hasan. He was dismissed by Faheem Ashraf on the first ball of the 30th over. While trying to hit a six, Shakib was caught by Fakhar Zaman at backward square leg. He shared a 100-run partnership with Mushfiqur for the fifth wicket. Mushfiqur has scored a half-century. Shamim Hussain is at the crease after scoring 1 run.
– Shakib has given fifty. He completed 50 runs in 53 balls. This is the 54th half-century of Shakib’s ODI career. Mushfiqur is batting after scoring 48 runs.
– Captain Shakib has reached close to half-century. He is on a personal score of 38. Mushfiqur survives after scoring 27 runs.
– Shakib and Mushfiqur are batting carefully. Shakib is at the crease after scoring 14 runs in 17 balls and Mushfiqur 13 runs in 25 balls. There has been a 25-run partnership for the fifth wicket between the two.
– Bangladesh’s fourth wicket has fallen as Tauheed Hridoy. He scored 2 runs in 9 balls. Tauheed was bowled by Haris Rauf on the first ball of the 10th over. Shakib is on a personal score of 9 and Mushfiqur Rahim is on 6.
– Haris Rauf has given Pakistan the third success. He caught and bowled Mohammad Naeem on the third ball of the eighth over. Naeem misread the hard length ball and handed the catch to Rauf. He scored 20 runs in 25 balls with 4 fours. Captain Shakib Al Hasan is playing after scoring 5 runs.
– Bangladesh has got a big blow. Liton Das lost his wicket cheaply. Shaheen Afridi showed him the way to victory in the fifth over. Liton made a mistake on the fifth over and was caught by wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan. He collected 16 runs in 13 balls. He hit four fours.
– Bangladesh got the first blow in the form of Mehdi Hasan Miraj. Miraj, who scored a century in the last match, did not open his account. He was caught by Fakhar Zaman on the first ball of the second over by Naseem Shah. Naeem’s account is yet to be opened. Liton Das is at the crease after scoring 4 runs.
– Bangladesh’s innings has started. Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Mohammad Naeem have come out to bat. Shaheen Afridi bowled the first over for Pakistan, which was a maiden.
– Pakistan’s playing eleven: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf.
– Bangladesh’s playing XI: Mohammad Naim, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Liton Das, Tauheed Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan (C), Mushfiqur Rahim (W), Shamim Hossain, Afif Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmood.
Talking about Pakistan vs Bangladesh ODI head-to-head, Babar Brigade has the upper hand. Both the teams have played a total of 37 ODI matches so far, in which Pakistan has won 32 times and Bangladesh has won only 5 times. However, Bangladesh’s record against Pakistan in the last five matches has been strong. Bangladesh have won four of the last five ODIs. Pakistan has a good record against Bangladesh in Lahore. Both have played three ODIs here and each time Pakistan has won.
Pakistan Squad: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Faheem Ashraf, Usama Mir, Mohammad Haris , Mohd Wasim Jr, Saud Shakeel, Abdullah Shafiq.
– Bangladesh Squad: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mohammad Naeem, Mehidy Hasan Miraj, Tauheed Hridoy, Litton Das, Shamim Hossain, Afif Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Shorful Islam, Hasan Mahmood, Mustafizur Rahman, Mahedy Hasan. Tanjeed Hasan, Anamul Haq, Tanjeed Hasan Saqib, Nasum Ahmed.
