Cricket fever is in the air with the ongoing Asia Cup 2016 and upcoming ICC World Twenty20 2016. Almost half of the Asia cup 2016 matches have been played with India leading the point table that has remained unbeaten in the tournament till now. The eighth match of Asia Cup 2016 is between Pakistan vs Bangladesh. In the tournament so far both the team has lost only one match that too against India. The doors are still open for both the team to make their way into finals. A very exciting face off is expected as a loss in this match can make the team out of the finals
Pakistan has played 2 matches in the tournament so far. The team had to face defeat by 5 wickets from their rivalry team India. Though the team was able to secure a win in the tournament but it was against the minnows UAE. Mohammad Amir is doing great with the ball but the thing which is alarming for Pakistan is their batting line up. The early fall of the wicket gives chance to the opponent team to override the match.
Bangladesh last match win in Asia Cup against Sri Lanka will surely help to team to get motivated and keep them in the race to finals. Though the team has lost to India by 45 runs in the first match, but their win against UAE and Sri Lanka is a proof that this team is very capable of making wonders at any point of the match.
Pakistan Team Squad:
- Shahid Afridi (Captain)
- Mohammad Hafeez
- Shoaib Malik
- Umar Akmal
- Sarfraz Ahmed (WK)
- Babar Azam
- Iftikhar Ahmed
- Imad Wasim
- Anwar Ali
- Mohammad Irfan
- Wahab Riaz
- Mohammad Amir
- Mohammad Nawaz
- Khurram Manzoor
- Rumman Raees
Bangladesh Team Squad
- Mashrafe Mortaza (Captain)
- Shakib Al Hasan
- Imrul Kayes
- Mohammad Mithun
- Mahmudullah
- Mushfiqur Rahim (WK)
- Soumya Sarkar
- Sabbir Rahman
- Nasir Hossain
- Mustafizur Rahman
- Al-Amin Hossain
- Taskin Ahmed
- Arafat Sunny
- Abu Hider
- Nurul Hasan
Pakistan vs Bangladesh Match 8 Asia Cup 2016:
Date and Time : 2 March 2016, 7:00 pm (IST)
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur (Bangladesh)
Live Score and Commentary
Toss: Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat first
Pak: 129/7 in 20 overs
Ban : 131/5 in 19.1 overs
Match Result : Bangladesh won the match by 5 wickets and entered into the Asia cup 2016 finals. It will be India vs Bangladesh on 6 March 2016.
Here is the scorecard of Pakistan vs Bangladesh Match :-
Pakistan innings (20 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
Khurram Manzoor | c †Mushfiqur Rahim b Al-Amin Hossain | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 |
Sharjeel Khan | b Arafat Sunny | 10 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 125.00 |
Mohammad Hafeez | lbw b Mashrafe Mortaza | 2 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 |
Sarfraz Ahmed† | not out | 58 | 74 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 138.09 |
Umar Akmal | c Shakib Al Hasan b Taskin Ahmed | 4 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 |
Shoaib Malik | c Sabbir Rahman b Arafat Sunny | 41 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 136.66 |
Shahid Afridi* | c Sabbir Rahman b Al-Amin Hossain | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Anwar Ali | c Sabbir Rahman b Al-Amin Hossain | 13 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 144.44 |
Extras | 0 | ||||||
Total | (7 wickets; 20 overs; 94 mins) | 129 | (6.45 runs per over) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s |
Taskin Ahmed | 4 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3.50 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
Al-Amin Hossain | 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 6.25 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
Arafat Sunny | 4 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 8.75 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
Mashrafe Mortaza | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
Shakib Al Hasan | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6.50 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
Bangladesh innings (target: 130 runs from 20 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
Tamim Iqbal | lbw b Mohammad Irfan | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 175.00 |
Soumya Sarkar | b Mohammad Amir | 48 | 63 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 100.00 |
Sabbir Rahman | b Shahid Afridi | 14 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 93.33 |
Mushfiqur Rahim† | lbw b Shoaib Malik | 12 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 |
Shakib Al Hasan | b Mohammad Amir | 8 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 61.53 |
Mahmudullah | not out | 22 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 146.66 |
Mashrafe Mortaza* | not out | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 171.42 |
Extras | (lb 4, w 2, nb 2) | 8 | |||||
Total | (5 wickets; 19.1 overs; 102 mins) | 131 | (6.83 runs per over) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | |
Mohammad Amir | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 6.50 | 14 | 3 | 1 | (1w) |
Mohammad Irfan | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 5.75 | 11 | 1 | 1 | |
Mohammad Sami | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 7.50 | 7 | 2 | 0 | (2nb) |
Shahid Afridi | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 5.00 | 12 | 2 | 0 | |
Anwar Ali | 2.1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 11.53 | 3 | 2 | 1 | (1w) |
Shoaib Malik | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
So know both the teams Pakistan and Sri Lanka out of the tournament, will play their last remaining match Pak vs SL on 4 March 2016. We will have India vs Bangladesh as final of Asia cup 2016.