PAK vs BAN Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Pakistan kept their chances alive for a semifinal berth after thrashing Bangladesh at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens. The former chased 204 runs from just 32.3 overs
Pakistan vs Bangladesh World Cup 2023 Live Score: Fakhar Zaman and Abdullah Shafique’s opening stand helped Pakistan register their third victory at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Tuesday. 128-run opening stand between the duo meant that Bangladesh bowlers could no point in their defence could induce any sort of pressure. Mehidy’s three wickets were the only three wickets Bangladesh could pick. With the win Pakistan keep the chances to finish top four alive and for Bangladesh, it is almost curtains.
Earlier Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Wasim Jr’s spells have helped Pakistan to restrict Bangladesh for 204. Litton Das and skipper Shakib Al Hassan have chipped in with a couple of cameos but could not help in taking Bangladesh to a respectable total.
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Earlier Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and opted to bat. Bangladesh brought back Towhid Hridoy in place of Mahedi Hasan to their playing eleven. Pakistan made three changes bringing in Fakhar Zaman, Agha Salman and Usama Mir in place of Imam-ul-Haq, Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nawaz.
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Match EndedICC Cricket World Cup, 2023 – Match 31
Pakistan
205/3 (32.3)
vs
Bangladesh
204 (45.1)
Match Ended ( Day – Match 31 )
Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets
‘Pathetic’: Pakistan cricket legends livid as Pakistan news channel airs Babar Azam’s purported WhatsApp chats
Cricket legends Shahid Afridi and Waqar Younis lashed out at a Pakistan new channel and its journalists after it aired a purported WhatsApp conversation with Pakistan cricket captain Babar Azam. The chats are said to be between Babar and PCB’s Chief Operating Officer Salman Naseer.
This comes on the heels of former Pakistan cricketer Rashid Latif claiming that Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Zaka Ashraf has stopped answering calls from Pakistan captain. Pakistan cricket is already going through a turbulent time with the Pakistan team in 6th spot in the standings of the ongoing Cricket World Cup, having won just two of their six matches so far.
“I saw Rashid Latif reporting that there is a tiff between Babar Azam and Zaka Ashraf. To counter those reports in this way was uncalled for. Why did Shoaib Jatt bring it up? Did the chairman ask him to do so?” Afridi said on Samaa TV after another Pakistani news channel showed Babar’s WhatsApp chats in a show. (READ MORE)
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First published on: 31-10-2023 at 12:07 IST
