A lot was riding on Soumya Sarkar after his explosive start for the Tigers in the World Cup as the left-hander was in good form prior to the tournament.
He scored three half-centuries in the tri-nation ODI series just before the mega tournament.
However, he managed to score 42, 25, 2, 29, 10, 3, 33, 8 and 32 in his last seven innings in the World Cup.
He batted at a good strike rate but failed to convert them into bigger scores.
And against Pakistan, the same thing happened.
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Soumya started confidently, struck a few boundaries and lost his wicket after getting set.
The opener scored a run-a-ball 22 with four boundaries and got out in the sixth over.
It was a relative short delivery from Mohammad Amir outside off-stump and Soumya went for a cut.
He managed to middle it but the ball went to the point region where Fakhar Zaman took a sharp catch.
Yet another promising start went in vain for Soumya, which has become all too familiar for him in the 2019 World Cup.
MATCH 43
PAKISTAN INNINGS R B
Fakhar c Miraz b Saifuddin 13 31
Imam hit wicket b Mustafizur 100 100
Babar lbw b Saifuddin 96 98
Hafeez c Shakib b Miraz 27 25
Haris c Soumya b Mustafizur 6 6
Imad c Mahmudullah b Mustafizur 43 26
Sarfaraz not out 3 3
Wahab b Saifuddin 2 4
Shadab c & b Mustafizur 1 2
Amir c Mushfiq b Mustafizur 8 6
Shaheen not out 0 0
Extras (lb 3, nb 1, w 12) 16
Total (50 Overs) 315/9
Fall Of Wickets
1-23 (Fakhar), 2-180 (Babar), 3-246 (Imam), 4-248 (Hafeez), 5-255 (Haris), 6-288 (Wahab), 7-289 (Shadab), 8-314 (Imad), 9-314 (Amir)
Bowling
Miraz 10-0-30-1, Saifuddin 9-0-77-3, Mustafizur 10-0-75-5, Mashrafe 7-0-46-0, Shakib 10-0-57-0, Mosaddek 4-0-27-0
BANGLADESH INNINGS R B
Tamim b Shaheen 8 21
Soumya c Fakhar b Amir 22 22
Shakib c Sarfaraz b Shaheen 64 77
Mushfiq b Wahab 16 19
Liton c Haris b Shaheen 32 40
Mahmudullah b Shaheen 29 41
Mosaddek c Babar b Shadab 16 21
Saifuddin c Amir b Shaheen 0 1
Miraz not out 7 6
Mashrafe st Sarfaraz b Shadab 15 14
Mustafizur b Shaheen 1 3
Extras (lb 5, w 6) 11
Total (44.1 Overs) 221
Fall Of Wickets
1-26 (Soumya), 2-48 (Tamim), 3-78 (Mushfiq), 4-136 (Liton), 5-154 (Shakib), 6-197 (Mosaddek), 7-197 (Saifuddin), 8-198 (Mahmudullah), 9-219 (Mashrafe), 10-221 (Mustafizur)
Bowling
Hafeez 6-1-32-0, Amir 7-0-31-1, Shaheen 9.1-0-35-6, Wahab 7-0-33-1, Imad 6-0-26-0, Shadab 9-0-59-2
Pakistan won by 94 runs
MoM: Shaheen Shah Afridi
