Pakistan humiliated! The lowest T20I in the series opener, Karbal for Bangladesh. Cricket news
Fast bowlers Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman starred with the ball as Bangladesh hovering the first T20I in Dhaka for a seven -wicket victory over Pakistan in the first T20I in Dhaka on Sunday. Chasing a minor 111, opener Parvez Hussain broke an unbeaten 56 to seal the win in just 15.3 overs and gave the host a 1-0 lead in a three-match series.Put on the bat, Pakistan fell into its lowest T20I clan against Bangladesh – out of 110 in 19.3 overs. Taskin returned 3 figures for 22, while Mustafizur was unhappy with 2 for 6 in four overs. Pakistan’s last low in the last low in 2021 against Bangladesh was 127/5.Despite an early double-strike from debut pacer Salman Mirza (2/23), who dismissed Tanjid Hasan and Litan Das cheaply, Bangladesh recovered rapidly. Parvez and Tohid Hridoy (36) put a significant 73 run stand together for the third wicket to reduce Chase.Parvez was in fine form, hit five sixes and three borders while knocking on his 39 balls, remaining unbeaten on 56.The victory marked the fourth win of Bangladesh only over Pakistan in 23 T20s.Earlier, Pakistan started a bad dream, losing half of its side for just 46 in the eighth over. Sam Ayub (6), Mohammad Haris (4), Captain Salman Aga (3), Hasan Nawaz (0), and Mohammad Nawaz (3) all fell cheaply.
Fakhar Zaman scored 44 runs in 34 balls, including six fours and six. He was reprimanded twice before exiting the mix-up with Khushadil Shah at 4 and 30. Shah (17) and Abbas Afridi (22) later added 33 runs for the seventh wicket to take Pakistan ahead of the 100 -run mark.Considering the loss, captain Salman Aga said: “This was not enough on the board because we had lost wickets at regular intervals, which we have to talk about before the second game.”Litton Das acknowledged the challenge of batting on a slow pitch: “It’s not an easy wicket to bat, but the way we batted, it looked good. We took the initial wickets and this is an important point.”The second and third T20I will also be played on Tuesday and Thursday in Dhaka respectively.
