🔴 Shaheen, Rauf peg Bangladesh back with regular strikes

BAN: 38/3 (7 Overs)

Abrar comes to bowl

BAN: 36/3 (6 Overs)

Haris to continue

BAN: 29/2 (5 Overs)

Shaheen to bowl his third over

BAN: 23/1 (4 Overs)

Right-arm pacer Rauf to bowl his first over of the night

BAN: 13/1 (3 Overs)

Shaheen Afridi continues

BAN: 9/1 (2 Overs)

Faheem Ashraf to bowl from the other end

BAN: 1/1 (1 Over)

Shaheen Afridi with the new ball for Pakistan

Pak vs Ban (2nd INNINGS)

DUBAI: Pakistan set Bangladesh a 136-run target in the ACC Men’s Asia Cup Super Fours clash.

PAK: 135/8 (20 Overs)

Mustafizur to close out the innings

PAK: 124/8 (19 Overs)

Taskin comes to bowl the 19th over

PAK: 114/7 (18 Overs)

Mahedi Hasan to bowl his final over

PAK: 102/6 (17 Overs)

Tanzim Hasan to bowl his final over

PAK: 94/6 (16 Overs)

Mustafizur comes back

PAK: 83/6 (15 Overs)

Rishad Hossain to bowl his final over

PAK: 75/6 (14 Overs)

Taskin returns

PAK: 65/5 (13 Overs)

Tanzim Hasan is back to bowl

PAK: 55/5 (12 Overs)

Rishad Hossain returns

PAK: 51/5 (11 Overs)

Mustafizur Rahman returns

PAK: 47/4 (10 Overs)

Mahedi Hasan back

PAK: 37/4 (9 Overs)

8.1: Short and wide. Hussain tries to cut. Out. It was a perfect situation for Hussain to play a cameo; however, he fell, leaving Pakistan in dire straits.

Hussain Talat 3 (7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 42.85

Rishad to continue

PAK: 33/3 (8 Overs)

Tanzim Hasan returns

PAK: 29/3 (7 Overs) 

6.3: Fakhar tries to go big and ends up holing out to long off. What a wicket for Bangladesh. Cherry on top for Tigers

Fakhar Zaman 13 (21b 2×4 0x6) SR: 61.9

Leg-spinner Rishad Hossain comes into the attack

PAK: 27/2 (6 Overs) 

Mustafizur Rahman to close out powerplay

PAK: 21/2 (5 Overs) 

Tanzim Hasan Shakib

PAK: 15/2 (4 Overs) 

Mahedi Hasan to continue after a successful first over

PAK: 9/2 (3 Overs) 

Taskin to continue

PAK: 5/2 (2 Overs) 

1.4: Saim tries to go down the ground. Caught!! Another one for Bangladesh and Saim has duck again.

Saim Ayub 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

Mahedi Hasan from the other end

PAK: 4/1 (1 Over) 

0.4: Farhan tries to play one-up. Straight into the hands of the cover fielder. First blow for Pakistan.

Sahibzada Farhan  4 (4b 1×4 0x6) SR: 100

Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman to open the innings for Pakistan. Taskin Ahmed is back in the line-up and has the new ball for Bangladesh.

Pak vs Ban (1st INNINGS)

DUBAI: Bangladesh have won the toss and opted to bowl first against Pakistan in the ACC Men’s Asia Cup 2025 Super Fours clash here at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium (DICS) on Thursday.

Playing XIs Pak vs Ban

Bangladesh XI: Saif Hassan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Towhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Jaker Ali (capt & wk), Nurul Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman

Pakistan XI: Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha (capt), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed

Head to Head

Pakistan and Bangladesh have played each other in 25 T20Is. Out of these, Pakistan has won 20, while Bangladesh has emerged victorious on five occasions.

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