Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
20 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | BAN: 127/8 | RR: 6.35

  • Mustafizur Rahman0 (1b)
  • Afif Hossain24 (20b)
  • Haris Rauf4-0-21-1
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi4-0-22-4

Sarvar: "Babar must be careful with Mustafizur Rahman" How will that go? Find out with Sudarshanan.

Ali Mushaf: "Yes, the Worldcup is no longer eventful. Someone predicted the score correctly in the start of the inning :p" 131 you'd said, just four off. Well done.

Shadab Khan says bowlers have done their job. Adds slower ones for pacers and spinners looks to be the way to go. On Shakib's wickets, says, 'Umpire gave it out, so it's out'. On the chase, he says Babar is a big player and it's a big match. So he will be raring to do well.

4:15pm: Cricket's stopped being non-eventful. Despite not getting a great start, Pakistan were able to restrict Bangladesh to under 130. Litton and Shanto started well, after Litton went. Shanto went into consolidation mode. That went well when Soumya Sarkar was out. But then he fell, Shakib got out to a third-umpire call that will be discussed. But as Shadab said, what the umpire said is what counts. It led to wickets falling consistently. Iftikhar's spell was brilliant, Shaheen was closing back to invincibility in his back spell. Naseem and Wasim were on too.

19.6
1b
Haris Rauf to Mustafizur Rahman, 1 bye, They steal a bye to the keeper. Was a full ball well outside off, the Fizz tries to slash it straight. Misses, the slower one pitched once before Rizwan took it. But he didn't aim for the run out, happy to give a bye.
19.5
W
Haris Rauf to Nasum Ahmed, OUT, Middles it this time but finds Wasim at deep-mid! Was full and on the legs, he whipped it. Hard lash and it went flat, got Wasim off-balance as he tried to grab it. Wiggled a bit but took it.

Nasum Ahmed c Mohammad Wasim b Haris Rauf 7 (9m 6b 1x4 0x6) SR: 116.66

19.4
4
Haris Rauf to Nasum Ahmed, FOUR, Nasum heads to slap city, crunches it over mid-off! It was a hard length ball over off, he made room and swiped across. Off the bottom, but enough to get it into the outfield and for four.
19.3
1
Haris Rauf to Afif Hossain, 1 run, Length outside off, guides a cut to backward point.

Subrata: "18.6.....Four for shaheen.... Four for afif"

19.2
4
Haris Rauf to Afif Hossain, FOUR, Goes across, paddles it fine. Gets to a 1000 T20I runs. Went early, got a full ball following him. Was on the move as he helped it along, ball went between short fine and the keeper.
19.1
1
Haris Rauf to Nasum Ahmed, 1 run, Full around off, front leg out the way. Out comes the slash, goes to deep cover.

Haris to finish off the innings, starts from around.

END OF OVER:
19 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | BAN: 116/7 | RR: 6.10

  • Afif Hossain19 (18b)
  • Nasum Ahmed2 (3b)
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi4-0-22-4
  • Haris Rauf3-0-11-0

Shah: "@Ekanth, what's the avg speed of Shaheen today?" Not sure but he started around 130s and the last ball was 143kph. He quickened up for sure.

18.6
4
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Afif Hossain, FOUR, Goes for the wide-ish yorker but Nasum is up to it. Waits and guides it between short third and backward point.

4-18, can Shaheen end with a five-for off his last ball.

18.5
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Nasum Ahmed, 1 run, Full around sixth, Nasum makes room and slashes. Has to reach out, gets a thick edge to deep third.
18.4
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Afif Hossain, 1 run, Full around off, jams a drive to mid-off for one.

Faisal: "@Ekanth please tell us if the pitch is bad or pakistan are playing better cricket ?" Pakistan's bowling has definitely been terrific. Reverse swing, smart spin-operation, Bangladesh have been caught in a storm a bit.

18.3
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Nasum Ahmed, 1 run, Makes room and harvests a whippy flick along the ground to take the full ball on the stumps to deep midwicket.
18.2
0
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Nasum Ahmed, no run, Full down leg, beats the flick. Clips pad on the way to the keeper.

Yahya: "The eagle is back and back when we needed him the most "

18.1
W
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Taskin Ahmed, OUT, Chipped straight to mid-off! Was full jus outside off, Taskin didn't check the drive not try to launch it. Ended up skewing it, Babar had to take a step or two back to take it comfortably around chest-height. Shaheen's falconing!

Taskin Ahmed c Babar Azam b Shaheen Shah Afridi 1 (8m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 20.00

END OF OVER:
18 | 2 Runs | BAN: 109/6 | RR: 6.05

  • Taskin Ahmed1 (4b)
  • Afif Hossain14 (16b)
  • Haris Rauf3-0-11-0
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi3-0-15-3

Reverse swing - This is vintage Pakistan. Al Muthu's feeling it, are you?

17.6
1
Haris Rauf to Taskin Ahmed, 1 run, Full and wide, driven to deep cover.
17.5
0
Haris Rauf to Taskin Ahmed, no run, Wide and full, close to the tramline. Taskin reaches out and opens the face, the square drive is beaten.

Ruchit: "Bangaldesh must aim for 125.. It will give them a real chance !!"

17.4
0
Haris Rauf to Taskin Ahmed, no run, Length ball beats the inside edge. It was a length ball that went over the stumps. Taskin thought that the line of the ball was slightly outside off, so he pushed out and brought the bat back. The ball was too quick and had gone past by the time he did it.
17.3
1
Haris Rauf to Afif Hossain, 1 run, Goes across to fourth, gets a low fully that follows him. Paddled along the ground to short fine.
17.2
0
Haris Rauf to Afif Hossain, no run, Wide yorker, Afif tries to drive square. Gets a inner-bottom edge into the ground, goes to the keeper's right.
17.1
0
Haris Rauf to Afif Hossain, no run, Down the track, the ball just outside off is far for the flashing blade to reach.

END OF OVER:
17 | 1 Run 2 Wkts | BAN: 107/6 | RR: 6.29

  • Taskin Ahmed0 (1b)
  • Afif Hossain13 (13b)
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi3-0-15-3
  • Naseem Shah3-0-15-0

himanshu sharma: "Shaheen shah Afridi fitness is getting better by every game !!"

16.6
0
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Taskin Ahmed, no run, Yorker jams Taskin on the pads, big LBW appeal from Shaheen. Not given. After a chat between him and Babar, Pakistan go for the review! Whether this was going down leg is the question. It was very full, pitched just outside the crease. Taskin fell over after missing the flick. No edge. Hawk-Eye shows it's going on to miss leg stump.
16.5
W
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Nurul Hasan, OUT, Skied off the outer-half, taken by deep point! Came down and stayed leg side to open up cover. Looked to loft it, got height. Deep point ran diagonally to the right and took it. Two in the over for the Shah!

Nurul Hasan c Mohammad Haris b Shaheen Shah Afridi 0 (4m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

16.4
0
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Nurul Hasan, no run, Full on the stumps, pushed back to the bowler.

Pakistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st57Mohammad RizwanBabar Azam
2nd4Mohammad RizwanMohammad Nawaz (3)
3rd31Mohammad Nawaz (3)Mohammad Haris
4th29Shan MasoodMohammad Haris
5th5Shan MasoodIftikhar Ahmed
6th2Shan MasoodShadab Khan

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

First Round Group A
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SL32140.667
NED3214-0.162
NAM31220.73
UAE3122-1.235
First Round Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
ZIM32140.2
IRE32140.105
SCOT31220.304
WI3122-0.563
Group 1
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NZ53172.113
ENG53170.473
AUS5317-0.173
SL5234-0.422
IRE5133-1.615
AFG5032-0.571
Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND54181.319
PAK53261.028
SA52250.874
NED5234-0.849
BAN5234-1.176
ZIM5133-1.138