Bangladesh’s dominant win against Pakistan

Sports Desk

Mustafizur Rahman and Sheikh Mehedi Hasan won the toss and bowled hard against Pakistan on a slow wicket. Parvez Hossain scored a fifty in the chase. Bangladesh won easily.

Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by a huge margin of 7 wickets in the first T20I of the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. The visitors were cornered from the start by the hosts’ dominant display. With the victory, Liton Das’ team took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

Pakistan’s batting lineup was shaky after winning the toss and opting to bat first. Bangladesh bowlers bowled them out for just 110 runs in 20 overs. Taskin Ahmed took 3 wickets for just 22 runs in 4 overs. Mustafizur Rahman took 2 wickets for just 6 runs in 4 overs, preventing Pakistan from making a big total.

Chasing a modest target of 111, the home team, who had lost 2 wickets for 7 runs, then turned around with the partnership of Parvez and Towhid Hridoy. The two added 73 runs. Hridoy was reduced to 36 off 37 balls, but Parvez was also named man of the match with an unbeaten 56 off 39 balls. Salman Mirza took 2 wickets for Pakistan.