Bangladesh beat Pakistan to meet India in Asia Cup final

A spirited Bangladesh beat Pakistan in a virtual semi-final encounter of the super four stage of the Asia Cup cricket tournament by 37 runs at the Zayed cricket stadium at Abu Dhabi in UAE.

Thus, the tigers will now meet the Indians in the grand final of the Asia Cup on Friday.

Bangladesh who won the toss and elected to bat made only 239 all out in 48.5 overs, but were determined to defend their total and restricted the Pakistanis t0 202 for nine in 50 overs.

More	Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
	Fakhar Zaman c Rubel Hossain b Mehedi Hasan	1	4	0	0	25.00
	Imam ul-Haq st Liton Das b Mahmudullah	83	105	2	1	79.04
	Babar Azam lbw Mustafizur Rahman	1	3	0	0	33.33
	Sarfraz Ahmed CPT WKT c Mushfiqur Rahim b Mustafizur Rahman	10	7	2	0	142.85
	Shoaib Malik c Mashrafe Mortaza b Rubel Hossain	30	51	2	0	58.82
	Shadab Khan c Liton Das b Soumya Sarkar	4	24	0	0	16.66
	Asif Ali st Liton Das b Mehedi Hasan	31	47	3	0	65.95
	Mohammad Nawaz Caught, b Mustafizur Rahman	8	19	0	0	42.10
	Hassan Ali c Mashrafe Mortaza b Mustafizur Rahman	8	11	1	0	72.72
	Shaheen Afridi NOT OUT	14	20	0	1	70.00
	Junaid Khan NOT OUT	3	10	0	0	30.00
	Extras (nb 1, w 5, b 1, lb 2)	9
	Total (9 wickets, 50 overs)	202

Fall of wickets
1-2 (F Zaman, 0.5 ov), 2-3 (B Azam, 1.2 ov), 3-18 (S Ahmed, 3.3 ov), 4-85 (S Malik, 20.1 ov), 5-94 (S Khan, 25.1 ov), 6-165 (A Ali, 39.2 ov), 7-167 (Imam ul-Haq, 40.5 ov), 8-181 (H Ali, 43.5 ov), 9-186 (M Nawaz, 45.1 ov)

More	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
	Mehedi Hasan	10	1	28	2	2.80	33
	Mustafizur Rahman	10	2	43	4	4.30	36
	Mashrafe Mortaza	7	1	33	0	4.71	24
	Rubel Hossain	8	0	38	1	4.75	23
	Mahmudullah	10	0	38	1	3.80	32
	Soumya Sarkar	5	0	19	1	3.80	16

 

More	Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
	Liton Das b Junaid Khan	6	16	0	0	37.50
	Soumya Sarkar c Fakhar Zaman b Junaid Khan	0	5	0	0	0.00
	Mominul Haque b Shaheen Afridi	5	4	1	0	125.00
	Mushfiqur Rahim WKT c Sarfraz Ahmed b Shaheen Afridi	99	116	9	0	85.34
	Mohammad Mithun c & b Hassan Ali	60	84	4	0	71.42
	Imrul Kayes lbw Shadab Khan	9	10	1	0	90.00
	Mahmudullah b Junaid Khan	25	31	1	0	80.64
	Mehedi Hasan Caught, b Junaid Khan	12	11	1	0	109.09
	Mashrafe Mortaza CPT c Fakhar Zaman b Hassan Ali	13	13	0	1	100.00
	Rubel Hossain run out (Hassan Ali)	1	3	0	0	33.33
	Mustafizur Rahman NOT OUT	0	0	0	0	0.00
	Extras (w 1, lb 8)	9
	Total (all out, 48.5 overs)	239

Fall of wickets
1-5 (Soumya Sarkar, 2.5 ov), 2-12 (M Haque, 3.5 ov), 3-12 (L Das, 4.2 ov), 4-156 (M Mithun, 33.4 ov), 5-167 (I Kayes, 36.1 ov), 6-197 (M Rahim, 41.4 ov), 7-221 (M Hasan, 45.2 ov), 8-230 (Mahmudullah, 47.3 ov), 9-239 (R Hossain, 48.4 ov), 10-239 (M Mortaza, 48.5 ov)

More	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
	Junaid Khan	9	1	19	4	2.11	41
	Shaheen Afridi	10	1	47	2	4.70	31
	Hassan Ali	9.5	0	60	2	6.10	24
	Mohammad Nawaz	8	0	39	0	4.87	21
	Shoaib Malik	2	0	14	0	7.00	3
	Shadab Khan	10	0	52	1	5.20	26