Bangladesh won their first T20I series against Pakistan with a win of around eight runs in the second match on Tuesday. Despite Faheem Ashraf and debutant Ahmed Daniel’s strong performance, Pakistan chased 134 and fell at 125.Bangladesh, batting first, scored 133 runs in 20 overs. Zakar Ali contributed significantly with 55 runs off 48 balls, while Pakistan’s Salman Mirza and Daniel claimed two wickets.The match saw an excellent bowling performance from Bangladesh’s knight Islam, who recorded the 3–17 figure of 3–17 on the slow pitch of Mirpur. Pakistan fought quickly, lost five wickets for just 15 runs.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!Faheem Ashraf’s impressive innings of 51 runs from 32 balls, including four sixes and boundaries, kept Pakistan’s expectations alive. However, spinner Rishad Hussain rejected him significantly for the nineteenth time.Pakistan’s innings saw a brief revival between Ashraf and Abbas Afridi through a 41 -run partnership, scoring 19 runs. This effort proved inadequate as Bangladesh maintained control.The victory gave Bangladesh a 2–0 lead in the series, with a match remaining in Dhaka on Thursday. It won the first T20I series of Bangladesh against Pakistan in four attempts.Pakistan’s early shock included Islam’s losing Sam Ayub for Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Haris’s run-out and quick dismissal.Bangladesh captain Linton Das said, “It is amazing to win the back-to-back series. It shows a good improvement in our standards.”Pakistan captain Salman Aga said, “We thought that 134 would be getables, but we lost a lot of wickets and this is something that we should address quickly.”Zakar Ali had five sixes and a border in the innings, marking his third T20I half -century. Bangladesh had initially struggled, lost four wickets for 28 runs by the sixth over.A significant 53 -run partnership between Zakar and Mahdi Hasan helped to stabilize Bangladesh’s innings. Mahdi scored 33 runs from 25 balls, including two sixes and two limits.
