Pakistan vs Bangladesh: Nawaz came back to win the match, Pakistan beat Bangladesh by seven wickets

 

Before the final league match of the tri-nation T20 series between Pakistan and Bangladesh at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Thursday, the fate of both the teams was already decided. The Pakistani team had made it to the finals, while Bangladesh's return journey had been decided.The Bangladeshi team definitely showed glimpses of their batting as they went. Its bowlers tried their best to defend 173 runs but Pakistan completed the required score for the loss of three wickets in the last over of the match to put Bangladesh away from just their third win against them.Earlier, Bangladesh's two wins against Pakistan were at home ground Mirpur in 2015 and 2016. This is Pakistan's fifteenth victory in 17 matches against Bangladesh

Half-centuries by Litan Das and Shakib

.Shakib-ul-Hasan won the toss and elected to bat first, but the powerplay took Bangladesh's two wickets.In the third over of the innings, Soumya Sarkar Sardar was caught by Shadab Khan at mid-on off Naseem Shah.Najamul Hasan tried to play Mohammad Wasim on the leg side at the score of 12 but the ball hit his gloves and went into the gloves of Mohammad Rizwan.The Bangladeshi team would also have lost the wicket of Liton Das in the powerplay but fate was kind to them twice. First, Shaan Masood dropped a catch to Mohammad Hasnain at point and then Mohammad Wasim failed to run him out.Apart from two occasions, Latin Das played the strokes brilliantly and completed his seventh half-century in T20I off 31 balls with the help of a six and five fours.He hit two fours in Mohammad Wasim's first over and three fours in Hasnain's second over. He also welcomed Mohammad Nawaz with a four in his first over and when Shadab came in front of him, he was also unstoppable with a six.Liton Das played an innings of 69 runs and was caught by Mohammad Wasim off the ball of Mohammad Nawaz, which is his highest score in T20 Internationals.Earlier, he scored 61 runs against West Indies in 2018He added 88 runs in the third wicket partnership with captain Shakib Al Hasan. Shakib-ul-Hasan also enjoyed the last innings of the tournament generously and completed his twelfth half-century in T20I off 34 balls which included four fours and two sixes.It was his second consecutive half-century in the tournament.Shakibul Hasan scored 68 runs in the 19th over of the innings and was caught by Shadab Khan at deep midwicket off Naseem Shah. This 42-ball innings included seven fours and three sixes.The Bangladeshi team failed to equal their highest score against Pakistan by just two runs and ended the innings at 173 for six.Bangladesh's highest score against Pakistan in T20I is 175 for 6 which they scored in 2012 T20 World Cup at Palikley.