Fakhar Zaman scored an unbeaten 57 to information Pakistan to an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh, which received the three-match T20I collection 2-0 on Saturday. Zaman and opener Mohammad Rizwan shared an 85-run partnership that performed a key position in overhauling Bangladesh to 108-7 with 11 balls to spare.
Rizwan scored 39 runs in 45 balls with the assistance of 4 fours. Zaman was attentive after skipper Babar Azam (5) dragged a quick bowler Mustafizur Rahman (1-12) over his stumps within the third over, which was tantamount to his dismissal within the first match.
“It was not easy to play the shot in the beginning, wanted to build partnership and was successful,” stated Zaman. “Thankfully we ended it well.” He picked up the tempo, particularly after being relieved on 26 when Saif Hasan dropped his catch at deep midwicket off legspinner Aminul Islam (1-30).
Zaman accomplished his seventh half-century in 40 balls after which ended the sport on his personal, as Pakistan acquired 109-2. Shaheen Shah Afridi (2-15) and Shadab Khan (2-22) broken Bangladesh amid resistance from Najmul Hossain after skipper Mahmudullah opted to bat first.
Najmul hit 5 fours in his innings of 40 runs in 34 balls. Afridi continued his behavior of hanging within the first over as a substitute of Hasan Ali as he caught Saif Hasan for a leg earlier than duck within the fifth ball.
Naeem Sheikh dismissed Mohammad Wasim for two within the second over to bowl Bangladesh out for 5-2. Afridi confronted the primary ball and hit Afridi for a six at backward sq. leg. He additionally lower Wasim previous level for a boundary as Bangladesh had been in management.
At the opposite finish, Najmul Hossain Shanto recovered from his weak begin and dominated the bowlers. But Shadab Khan halted the innings and ended the 46-run partnership when Offif’s pre-determined reverse paddle price him 20 runs.
Najmul smashes Shadab into the air to take his second wicket. In the center, Haris Rauf took the wicket of Mahmudullah, leaving the wicketkeeper to attain 12 runs as the house crew was 82-5 within the 14th over.
Afridi and Wasim returned of their second spell to inflict extra ache on Bangladesh, leaving them with simply 23 runs within the final 5 overs. “We started well, Afif and Shanto batted well and we were trying to build a partnership but couldn’t capitalize on it in the last few overs,” Mahmudullah stated.
The third T20 is on Monday.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
