- Pakistan submit 274 after Maaz, Farhan give blazing begin.
- All-rounder Maaz Sadaqat earns Participant of the Match award.
- Closing ODI between Pak-Ban to be performed on March 15.
All-rounder Maaz Sadaqat starred with a fiery fifty and bowling figures of three/23 as Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 128 runs within the rain-affected second ODI on the Sher-e-Bangla Nationwide Cricket Stadium on Friday.
Set to chase a revised goal of 243 in 32 overs, the house aspect might accumulate 114 earlier than getting bowled out in 23.3 overs.
Initially set to chase 275 in 50 overs, the hosts received off to a shaky begin to the pursuit as they misplaced three wickets inside 5 overs with simply 15 runs on the board.
Litton Das and Towhid Hridoy took Bangladesh’s complete to 27/3 in 6.3 earlier than rain intervened, and the motion remained halted for greater than two hours.
Following the resumption, Das and Hridoy launched a short counterattack on the Pakistan bowlers, elevating 58 runs off 47 deliveries earlier than Sadaqat broke the threatening partnership by dismissing the previous.
Das remained the top-scorer for Bangladesh with a spirited 41 off 33 deliveries, laced with 4 fours and two sixes.
His dismissal sparked a collapse, which noticed Bangladesh lose 4 extra wickets at an alarming price, together with that of set batter Hridoy (28), and consequently slipped to 103/8 in 19.4 overs.
Haris Rauf then swept away Bangladesh’s toothless batting tail and rounded up a complete victory for the Inexperienced Shirts.
Sadaqat and Rauf co-led Pakistan’s bowling cost, taking three wickets every, adopted by skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi with two, whereas Mohammad Wasim Jr and Faheem Ashraf chipped in with one apiece.
Bangladesh captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s resolution to subject first backfired because the touring aspect amassed 274 earlier than getting bowled out of their 47.3 overs.
Pakistan received off to a blazing begin to their innings as their openers, Sahibzada Farhan and Maaz, put collectively 103 runs off simply 77 deliveries.
Captain Miraz ultimately gave Bangladesh the much-needed breakthrough by dismissing Maaz, who remained the top-scorer for Pakistan with a blistering 75 off 46 deliveries with the assistance of six fours and 5 sixes.
Pakistan then misplaced two extra wickets in fast succession as Farhan and top-order batter Shamyl Hussain fell sufferer to Taskin Ahmed and Nahid Rana, respectively, thus bringing the overall all the way down to 122/3 in 19.3 overs.
Following the back-to-back blows, Agha joined wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan within the center, and the duo reinstated Pakistan right into a commanding place by placing collectively a 109-run partnership for the fourth wicket.
The century-plus stand had a weird finish as Agha was run out by Bangladesh captain Miraz whereas he was serving to him choose up the ball standing simply outdoors the crease on the non-striker’s finish.
Agha walked again in disgust after scoring 64 off 62 deliveries, that includes seven fours and two sixes.
Rizwan adopted swimsuit in the identical over and remained a notable run-getter for the Inexperienced Shirts with a 59-ball 44.
His dismissal sparked an astonishing collapse as Pakistan misplaced their remaining 5 wickets for 43 runs and thus did not breach the 300-run mark, which appeared achievable firstly.
Rishad Hossain spearheaded Bangladesh’s bowling cost with three wickets, adopted by Miraz with two, whereas Nahid Rana, Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed made one scalp apiece.
