Bangladesh lost the last match due to a batting disaster

Sports Desk

Bangladesh lost to Pakistan by a huge margin of 74 runs in the final T20I of the series. Chasing a target of 179, Bangladesh’s innings was bundled out for just 104 runs. Liton Das’ team lost the chance to whitewash their opponents after winning the previous two matches. 

Pakistan innings: Farhan’s 63

Batting first after winning the toss, Pakistan scored 178 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Opener Sahibzada Farhan top-scored with 63 runs off just 41 balls, including 6 fours and 5 sixes. Hasan Nawaz also scored 33 runs (off 17 balls) and Mohammad Nawaz scored 27 runs (off 16 balls).

For Bangladesh, Nasum Ahmed took 2 wickets for 22 runs. Besides, Taskin Ahmed took 3 wickets for 38 runs, Shariful Islam took 1 wicket for 39 runs and Mohammad Saifuddin took 1 wicket for 28 runs.

Bangladesh innings: Tigers reeling from batting disaster

Chasing a tough target of 179 runs, Bangladesh faced a batting disaster at the beginning. The team lost Tanjid Hasan for 0 runs. After that, the Tigers started losing wickets at regular intervals. Bangladesh lost 7 wickets for 41 runs. Mohammad Saifuddin scored the highest score of 35 runs for the team. In addition, Liton Das scored 8, Mehedi Hasan Miraj scored 9, and Nasum Ahmed scored 9 runs.

For Pakistan, Salman Mirza took 3 wickets for 19 runs and crushed the Bangladesh batting lineup. Fahim Ashraf also took 2 wickets for 13 runs and Mohammad Nawaz took 2 wickets for 4 runs. Ahmed Daniyal, Salman Agha and Hossain Talat took one wicket each.

The turning point of the match
was that Bangladesh’s batting suffered a setback early on. The dismissal of Tanjid Hasan for 0 runs and the loss of wickets in the powerplay put a lot of pressure on the team. They scored 29 runs in the first 6 overs of the powerplay and lost 6 wickets. That’s when the course of the game was really set. 

Man of the Match: Sahibzada Farhan (Pakistan)

Series result: Bangladesh won the series 2-1.