Pakistan wreaks havoc in Lahore, beats Bangladesh by 7 wickets

PAK vs BAN: Pakistan continued its strong performance in Asia Cup 2023 and registered another spectacular victory. The Pakistani team, captained by Babar Azam, defeated Bangladesh by 7 wickets in the first match of the Super-4 round. In this match played in Lahore also, the power of Pakistan's fast bowlers was seen, on the basis of which Pakistan restricted Bangladesh to just 193 runs. Then, thanks to the excellent half-centuries of Imam ul Haq and Mohammad Rizwan, Pakistan achieved this target within 40 overs.

This was the last match of the tournament in Pakistan, the host of Asia Cup 2023, and the Pakistani team continued its successful campaign by showing complete dominance at the Gaddafi Stadium. The havoc that Pakistani fast bowlers had wreaked against Nepal and India continued on Wednesday, September 6. For the third consecutive match, Pakistan all outed the opposing team and its star remained its fast bowlers.

The beginning had started in the second over itself when the century winner of the previous match Mehdi Hasan Miraj was out without opening the account on the ball of Naseem Shah. Then Liton Das, who returned to the team after recovering from the illness, also became the victim of Shaheen Shah Afridi after playing some good shots. Mohammad Naeem and Tauheed Hridoy were completely stunned by the pace of Haris Rauf and 4 wickets fell for 47 runs in 9 overs.

From here the two most experienced batsmen of the team handled the innings. Captain Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim together stopped Pakistan's attack and made a partnership of 100 runs and made the team comeback. After completing his half-century, Shakib became the victim of Faheem Ashraf and from here the innings faltered again. Naseem and Haris dealt with the lower order quickly and bundled out the lower order for 193 in just 38.4 overs.