With brilliant bowling and outstanding performance in the field, Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 37 runs in the last Super Four encounter in Abu Dhabi to confirm their spot in Asia Cup 2018 final.
The Tigers will face India on Friday at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium for the trophy of this year’s Asia Cup Winner.
Bangladesh’s captain’s decision to bat first produced the desired result even in the start their openers could not manage to stay against Pakistan’s fierce bowling stand.
The Bangladesh team rode on a brilliant knocks from Mushfiqur Rahim (99) and Mohammad Mithun (60) to post 239 from 48.5 overs.
Imam-ul-Haq made 83 in reply but Pakistan lost wickets regularly, with pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman taking 4-43 as they fell short on 202-9.
Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza took a brilliant catch of Malik to bring his team back into the game. Imam remained solid at one end but wickets continued to tumble from the other. Eventually Imam crumbled under pressure getting stumped off Mahmudullah for 83 runs.
The team got off to the worst start possible as Junaid removed Somya Sarkar for 0 in the third over. Mominul Haque departed in the next over as he was castled by Shaheen Afridi for 5. Liton Das then became Junaid’s second victimof the day as he was clean bowled by the left-arm pacer for 6.
Finally the outstanding bowler specially Mustafizur Rahman’s magic paid off which let them win the match to final their spot in Final. Bangladesh is preparing for the big match where they are about to face India.
> Shatabdi Sarker Poushi
Bangladesh Knock Pakistan out to Make Spot in Asia Cup Final 2018
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