Pakistan vs Bangladesh Highlights, Asia Cup 2023 Super 4: Imam, Rizwan fifties give PAK an easy win over BAN

Shakib continues. Four!! Salman Agha reserve-sweeps a fuller ball to the third man fence. Pakistan wins by 7 wickets.

Shamim Hossain into the attack. Four!! Rizwan goes inside out over the covers for another boundary.

PAK needs 6 runs in 66 balls

Shakib continues. Four! Rizwan comes down the track and lofts it over the off-side for a boundary. Seven runs from the over.

PAK needs 14 runs in 72 balls.

Mehidy in for his final over. 50 for Rizwan. Five runs from the over.

PAK needs 21 runs in 78 balls

Shakib comes back into the attack. Just a single from the over.

PAK needs 26 runs in 84 balls

Mehidy continues. Tight over. Just two singles conceded.

PAK needs 27 runs

Hasan continues. Four!! Manages to find Salman’s outside edge and it races away through third man for a boundary. Six runs from the over.

PAK needs 29 runs

Mehidy continues. Full and straight, driven down the ground for a single. Six! Slightly short, Imam goes onto his backfoot and pulls it over midwicket for a six. Four!! Another short one, another pull for four. Wicket!! Attempts a third pull, the ball is fuller and Imam is bowled. Finally a wicket for Bangladesh. Agha Salman walks in.

Imam b Mehidy Hasan Miraz 78(84) [4s-5 6s-4]

PAK needs 35 runs to win in 17 overs

Hasan replaces Shakib. Full and straight, Rizwan punches it straight to mid-off. Hasan troubling Rizwan, bringing the ball in. The inside edge saves Rizwan, would have been plumb inn front otherwise.

Mehidy continues. Imam steps down the track and chips it but it lands in front of the long-off fielder, a single taken. A repeat of the same action in the last ball of the over. Five runs from it.

Three from Shakib’s over as Pakistan needs 52 more to win.

Mehidy Hasan to bowl his sixth. Hasan to Rizwan, FOUR! Sweeped away nicely back Rizwan as he cleared the square leg boundary. Seven runs from this over.

Shakib continues. Shakib to Imam, SIX! Clears the long-off boundary this time. Nine runs from this over.

Mohammad Rizwan seemed to have stretched his groin while playing a sweep shot. The physio is in the middle, attending to him as the live-action halts for a few minutes. He is back at his feet as Mehidy goes back with another economical over that fetched only three runs for Pakistan.

Shakib Al Hasan comes back into the attack. Shakib to Rizwan, FOUR! Scoops it behind to clear the fine leg field for a boundary. Six runs from this over as Pakistan needs 74 in 24 overs.

Miraz continues. Miraz to Imam, SIX! He brings up fifty with a maximum. Short on length and pulled away on backfoot at wide of long-on. Three singles in the next three balls as nine runs come from this over.

Shoriful Islam continues after the drinks break. He gives two singles and a wide from his over.

Mehidy to Rizwan, FOUR! A boundary after quite a while for Pakistan. This also brings up 100 on the board for Pakistan. 6 from this over.

Bangladesh has been economical in this passage of play. Another over with just three runs coming from it.

A couple of quiet overs from Taskin and Mehidy, that fetched Pakistan only four runs from the last 12 balls.

Captain Shakib brings the new baller Mehidy Hasan Miraz into the attack. Hasan to Imam, he misses the line of the ball and it crashes into the pads as Mehidy along with Mushfiqur are confident for a wicket here. The umpire signals it out as well but the DRS call saves the batter as the ball was going down leg. Just a single from this over.

Taskin Ahmed gives three runs from his over.

Hasan Mahmud with his fifth over. Mahmud to Rizwan, SIX! Pick-up shot from Rizwan to shuffles across and dispatched it away at deep square leg. Mahmud to Rizwan, FOUR! Rizwan shuffles once again to find the gap at mid-wicket to end the over with another boundary. Pakistan gets 11 off this over.

Taskin Ahmed continues. Ahmed to Babar, OUT! Kept low as Babar tried to defend but an under-edge made sure to give Bangladesh its third breakthrough. A wicket maiden for Taskin.

Hasan continues. Short and pulled away to the leg-side for a quick couple. Imam drives a fuller one down the ground, clips the stumps at the other end and the batters get a double. Four!! Short and Imam pulls to fine leg, Taskin makes a mess of it and it runs away for four. Six! Short again and pulled, goes over the boundary for a six this time. 15 runs from the over.

Taskin back into the attack. Huge appeals for LBW but the umpire says no. Bangaldesh take a review. Looks like the ball came back in to Imam there. Another one pitching outside leg and Bangladesh burns both its reviews. Short of a length and beats Babar outside off stump. Two runs from the over.

Hasan continues. Thick edge but it flies safely to third man, a fumble means the batters get a couple. Five runs from the over.

Four!! Shoriful finds Babar’s edge but it races away to the boundary for four. Babar squared up with that one. Excellent spell so far from the pacer. Eight runs from the over.

Hasan continues. Babar flicks off his pad to midwicket for a couple. Huge appeals for LBW from Hasan. He shows the DRS sign to the umpire. Bangladesh take the review. DRS shows the ball pitching outside leg, and the review is lost. Seven runs from the over.

Wicket!! Huge appeal for LBW and the umpire raises his finger. Shoriful went full and Fakhar misses the ball. Pakistan take DRS but three reds and Fakhar has to go. Babar walks in at 3.

Fakhar Zaman lbw b Shoriful Islam 20(31) [4s-3]

PAK 37/1 in 10 overs

Hasan Mahmud into the attack. Back-of-a-length and Fakhar tries to pull but is a tad full to be playing that shot, is beaten. Outside off-stump and Imam misses his waft. Imam is beaten outside off again. Just a single from the over.

Shoriful with his fourth. Much better control from the bowler and just a single from the over.

Taskin bowls his fourth on the trot. Four!! Goes short and Imam pulls it past midwicket for a boundary. Four!! Short again, four again. Poor bowling considering the field set. Four!! Taskin goes full, finds the edge but it races away to the boundary for four.

The players making their way back to the middle as the lights come on one after the other. Shoriful continues. Slightly short and Fakhar is late on the pull and eventually dead bats it down the pitch. Four!! Shoriful goes short and Fakhar pulls it over the leg-side for a boundary.

A delay in play as one of the floodlights has gone off.

Taskin with his third. On the pads, clipped uppishly by the batter, goes past short midwicket though and the batters get a couple. Three runs from the over.

Shoriful continues. Full and swinging away, driven to mid off. Dropped! Shoriful finds the edge but the slip fielder cannot hold on. Was very close to the ground but should have been taken. Just a single from the over.

Taskin continues. Full on off stump, Fakhar drives through the offside. The fielder does well to prevent a boundary, with a chase from the infield. Three runs from the over.

Shoriful from the other end. Good start to the over from the pacer. A few play and misses from Imam in the over. Maiden over.

Taskin with the first over. Fakhar on strike. Back-of-a-length on the stumps, Fakhar defends off the back foot. Four! Full on the stumps, clipped through the leg-side for Pakistan’s first boundary. Appeal as Fakhar misses a pull, Umpire says no. Passed very close to the glove. Four!! On the pads and clipped past fine leg for another boundary.

The players strut back into the ground, Bangladesh in a huddle. An uphill task for them to defend this target.

Naseem Shah comes back from the other end into the attack. Shah to Hossain, OUT! Ninth wicket down for Bangladesh as Hossain holes out to Faheem Ashraf at mid-on. Hasan Mahmud comes in as the last man in. Shah to Islam, OUT! Clean Bowled! Shah hits the bull’s eye to bundle Bangladesh out on 193!

Haris Rauf comes back into the attack. Rauf to Mushfirqur, OUT! Full-length, bowled with power and the ball bounced and took an outside edge of Mushfiqur’s bat to give Pakistan their seventh breakthrough. Taskin Ahmed comes in at number nine and he goes for a GOLDEN DUCK! He also edges to keeper Rizwan as Bangladesh is sinking here quickly. Shoriful Islam comes in at number 10 and he denies Rauf a hat-trick. Two singles and two wickets from this over.

Iftikhar Ahmed continues. Ahmed to Hossian, SIX! Hossian is displaying his range here as he slog sweeps to clear the fence this time. Eight from this over.

Six singles from Shaheen’s over.

Iftikhar Ahmed continues from the end. Ahmed to Hossian, OUT! Sixth wicket for Pakistan and they are swiftly making a comeback after conceding a 100-run partnership. Hossain plays an unnecessary shot across the line and gives a straight-forward catch to Imam at mid-wicket.

Babar brings his gun bowler Shaheen Afridi back into the attack. Afridi to Hossain, SIX! Massive shot and over the ground for Hossian. 11 off the over.

Iftikhar keeps the line tight to give just three runs from his over.

Faheem to Mushfiqur, FOUR! Creams it over extra covers for a boundary to end the over on high. Eight from this over as Bangladesh goes past 160.

Just two singles from Ahemd’s over.

Faheem Ashraf backs into the attack. Ashraf to Shakib, OUT! Ashraf gets a wicket in his first delivery of this spell. Short ball, angling in for the left-hander and Shakib mistimed his pull shot to Fakhar Zaman at mid-wicket. Shamim Hossain is the new batter in at number seven. Rahim gets a quick couple to get to his fifty! 46th ODI half-century for the experienced Bangladeshi batter. This also brings 150 for Bangladesh. Three runs along with a wicket come from this over.

Shakib Al Hasan c Fakhar Zaman b Faheem Ashraf 53 (57b 7x4 0x6)

A single for Shakib which brings a 100-run stand with Mushfiqur for the fifth wicket! Brilliant recovery led by these two batters in the middle.

Shakib takes a single to complete his 54th ODI fifty! Whenever Bangladesh needed it, Shakib was always at their service. The stand for the fifth wicket also nears 100 as three runs come from this over.

Shadab with his seventh. Shadab to Mushfiqur, FOUR! Short and pulled away by Rahim who stayed back to use the length of the ball. four singles from the last five balls as eight comes from this over.

Agha Salman is the new ball into the attack. Salman to Shakib, FOUR! Too full and straight, and Shakib dispatched it above the bowler’s head to get a boundary. Salman to Mushfiqur, FOUR! Smartly played by Rahim, who shuffled before sweeping it behind square to get the second boundary of the over. 11 from the over.

Shadab continues. Slightly short on the pads, turned to the legside for a single. Four runs from the over.

Rauf back into the attack. Short and Mushfiqur attempts a controlled pull, can only find the fielder at short midwicket on the bounce. Rauf follows it up with a slower one. Very clever bowling. Two runs from the over.

Shadab again. Three singles from the over. He has been keeping it tight from his end and the batters aren’t taking any chances for now.

Four!! Slightly wide and Shakib guides it past third man for a boundary. The pace on the ball meant he only had to get a slight touch to take it to the boundary. Six runs from the over.

Shadab continues. Four!! Full and Mushfiqur sweeps it for a boundary again. Six runs from the over.

Naseem again. Four!! Short and takes the edge of Shakib’s bat as he looked to pull. Just over the keeper and to the boundary for four. Four!! Slightly wide and Shakib guides it past third man for another boundary. Dropped! Leading edge from Shakib but Naseem can’t hold on to the return catch.

Shadab with another tight over. Just four runs from the over.

Naseem back into the attack. He looks okay after his injury scare early in the game. Four runs from the over.

Shadab continues. Mushfiqur gets down the sweep again. Was a fulltoss and he doesn’t get the connection right, a double taken. Five runs from the over.

Faheem continues. Short-of-a-length from Faheem throughout the over. Four!! Slightly short and Shakib gets it past point for a boundary. Six runs from the over.

First sign of spin as Shadab comes into the attack. Four!! Full and Mushfiqur gets down on one knee to sweep it past the deep fielder for a boundary.

Faheem into the attack, replacing Rauf. Another quiet over from Faheem, just two euns from it after the last-ball single.

Afridi back into the attack. Four!! Full and on the stumps, clipped past midwicket for a boundary by Shakib. Close!! Mistimed from Mushfiqur and the ball is close the catching fielders on the off side. Falls safe though.

Rauf continues. Two experienced hands at the crease for Bangladesh, they will have to stick around for long to get to a par total. Five runs from the over.

Faheem continues. Short and wide, cut down to third man by Shakib for a single. Short on to the body, pulled to fine leg for a couple. Four runs from the over.

Wicket!! Rauf gets his second! Was full and straight and beat Hridoy for pace as he brought his bat down late. Bangladesh in trouble. Mushfiqur in at 6.

Towhid Hridoy b Haris Rauf 2(9)

Just two runs from the over.

BAN 49/4 in 10 overs

Faheem Ashraf into the attack. A quiet first over from the all-rounder. Just a single from it.

Rauf into the attack. Slightly short and wide, Shakib opens the face to third man for a single. Wicket!! Rauf completes an easy catch as Naim’s attempted pull goes straight up. 50 ODI wickets for Haris Rauf!! Hridoy in at 5.

Naim c and b Haris Rauf 20(25) [4s-4]

BAN 46/3 in 8 overs

Naseem down in pain at third man as he tried to prevent the boundary. The ball was full on the pads and it was racing to the fine leg boundary after clipping the batters’ pads. Four given. Naseem being taken back into the pavillion. Ohh! Extra bounce for Afridi as Naim looked to slash outside off. Four!! Full on the stumps, driven beautifully past midwicket for a boundary!

Naseem continues. Shakib will have to bat long to take Bangladesh to a decent score after the two early wickets. Four!! Naseem strays in line and Shakib clips it behind square on the leg-side for another four.

Four!! Slightly shorter and Naim pulls it through midwicket for a boundary. Wicket!! Short of a length and Das edges to slip. Extra bounce as it goes across the batter. Shakib in at 4.

Litton Das c Rizwan b Shaheen Afridi 16(13) [4s-4]

BAN 31/2 in 5 overs

Four!! Full and wide, Naim drives it through the gap between point and third-man for another boundary. Four!! Another cover drive from Litton and another four. The full balls have been punished by Bangladesh so far. Four!! Boundary number 3 of the over. Good over for Bangladesh.

Four!! Afridi strays on the pads, and Naim clips it through the leg-side for another boundary. Outside edge! But safe as it goes down to third man for a single. Four!! Full on the stumps, and a glorius drive by Litton through the off-side.

Wicket!! Mehidy out for a first baller! Full down leg side, Miraz chips an easy catch to short mid-wicket. The centurion from the previous game, doesn’t trouble the scores today. Litton Das in at 3.

Mehidy Hasan Miraz c Fakhar Zaman b Naseem Shah 0(1)

Four!! Full and wide, Litton opens his bat-face to get it past third man for a boundary.

BAN 4/1 in 2 overs

Mohammed Naim and Mehidy Hasan Miraz open for the visitors. Shaheen Afridi with the new ball in hand.

Full and straight, slight movement away as Naim misses his drive. No foot movement from the batter there. Appeal for LBW! Umpire says no. Looked too high, came back in off the seam. Maiden over to begin.

The Super 4 stage of the 2023 Asia Cup is almost underway. Players out for the national anthems. A minute’s silence for Heath Streak before the anthems.

Bangladesh: Mohammad Naim, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Litton Das, Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan(c), Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Shamim Hossain, Afif Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud

Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf

Shakib calls tails and it is tails. Bangladesh wins the toss and opts to bat first.

Credit - X @TheRealPCB

Shakib: Obviously bat first, no particular reason other than the heat. If we can put runs on the board, we can put pressure on Pakistan. We aren’t worried about what the opposition can do to us. We know their strengths and weakness. Just once change. Shanto is not playing, Litton Das replaces him.

Babar: Azam: We would have batted as well. There’s a bit of grass and we’ll try to use that. We are looking very well in the pace department. I am looking forward to this match, I’ll try to break the record but I’m looking to win this match. Last night we saw a bit of help for fast bowlers, that’s why we have an extra fast bowler.

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AFG vs SL, Asia Cup 2023: Sri Lanka beats Afghanistan by two runs in a thriller

Sri Lanka beats Afghanistan by two runs in a thriller during the last group match of the Asia Cup 2023 played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Tuesday.

Pakistan predicted XI: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf

Bangladesh predicted XI: Mohammad Naim, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan (c), Towhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud

Mohammad Naim, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Towhid Hridoy, Litton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Shakib Al Hasan(c), Shamim Hossain, Afif Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Mahedi Hasan, Tanzid Hasan, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nasum Ahmed, Anamul Haque

Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Tayyab Tahir, Abdullah Shafique, Usama Mir

What time will the PAK vs BAN Asia Cup 2023 match start?

The Pakistan vs Bangladesh match in the Asia Cup will start at 3:00 PM IST on Wednesday, September 6.

Where can I watch the PAK vs BAN match today?

The Pakistan vs Bangladesh match will be telecast live on Star Sports network and streamed live on Disney+ Hotstar on Wednesday.

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