Bangladesh have won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in the first match of the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup.
Pakistan’s fast bowlers Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah made a brilliant start.
Shaheen Afridi maidened the first over of the innings, after which Naseem Shah took the first wicket of Bangladesh on the very first ball of the second over.
Naseem Shah had Mehdi Hasan caught out on the first ball of his first over.
After the fall of the first wicket, Mohammad Naeem and Latin Das tried to establish a partnership which Shaheen Afridi failed in 4.5 overs.
The fast bowler got the second wicket for Pakistan by catching Bangladeshi batsman Liton Das for 16 runs on 31 runs.
Earlier, speaking after the toss at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Bangladesh cricket team captain Shakib Al Hasan said that if we score more runs, it will put pressure on the opposition team.
“We want to repeat what we did against Afghanistan but we are facing the number one team in the world so we need to play our best game,” Shakib Al Hasan said.
On this occasion, Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam said that we would have batted first, last night we saw that the conditions helped the fast bowlers, we will try to win the match.
The Pakistan team for today’s match includes captain Babar Azam, vice-captain Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Muhammad Rizwan, Faheem Ashraf, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf.
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