Match-8 (Bangladesh vs Pakistan)
Wednesday, March 02, 2016
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur
Time : 13:30 GMT | IST 19:00 (D/N)

March 02, 2016

8th Group Stage match of Asia Cup twenty20 2016 has been played between Bangladesh and Pakistan on March 02,2016 at Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur. Opting to bat first, Pakistan most batsmen failed to bat well and managed to put 129 runs in 20 overs. Sarfraz Ahmed played good inning for Pakistan and contributed well 58 runs of 42 balls. Bangladesh chased the given target in 19.1 overs and won by 5 wickets. Soumya Sarkar (Bangladesh) played usefull inning of 48 runs and he declared man of the match. Bangladesh qualify for final and will play with India on Sunday.

Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first and set decent target for host team Bangladesh. Pakistan could not batter start and lost top orders early. At one stage Pakistan were 4/28 in 4.5 overs. Sarfraz Ahmed and Shoaib Malik played good cricket in middle overs and contributed well 58 and 41 runs respectively. At the end of 20 ocers Pakistan managed to put average score of 129 runs for Bangladesh.

Followng target of 130 runs, Bangladesh lost Tamim Iqbal early scoring just 7 runs. Soumya Sarkar and Sabbir Rahman played good cricket initially but Sabbir Rahman left the field scoring 14 runs. Soumya Sarkar played sensible cricket and made very well 48 runs before lost his wicket. Middle orders could not contributed big but, Mahmudullah 22* of 15 and Mashrafe Mortaza 12 of 7 balls gave Bangladesh comprehensive win over Pakistan and won by 5 wickets with 5 balls remaining. Making huge win Bangladesh got ticket to final of Asia Cup 2016 and will play final match with India on Sunday 06th March 2016.

Man of the match : Soumya Sarkar (Bangladesh)

Points - Bangladesh 2, Pakistan 0