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Bangladesh eying historic T20 series victory against Pakistan

Bangladesh stand on the brink of history after thrashing Pakistan in the 1st game of the 3-match series by 7 wickets

Update : 23 Jul 2025, 07:17 AM

In a bid to seal their first ever series against Pakistan in the Twenty20 format, Bangladesh will take on the visitors in the second match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Tuesday.

Bangladesh stand on the brink of history after thrashing Pakistan in the first game of the three-match series by seven wickets. 

Another victory will confirm the series for them with a match to spare.

If Bangladesh win Tuesday, they will clinch another series for the first time against a top flight nation, having won their maiden series in Sri Lanka less than a week ago.

Pakistan swept Bangladesh in a three-match T20 series at home in May but were found wanting in the first game as they struggled against the Bangladesh bowlers, who utilized the home pitch to good effect.

Taskin Ahmed ended with 3/22 but Mustafizur Rahman did the real damage with astonishing figure of 4-0-6-2.

Pakistan were wrapped up for just 110 in 19.3 overs, a total that Bangladesh gunned down with almost five overs to spare.

In a pitch where Pakistan batters found themselves in troublesome situation, Bangladesh batted with ease, especially the opener Parvez Hossain Emon, who blasted a 39-ball 56 not out to script only the side's fourth victory in 23 meetings against Pakistan.

Three of Bangladesh's four victories against Pakistan have come in Mirpur, a stat that gave them confidence to confirm the series.

"We definitely know about the wicket because we played lots of cricket in Mirpur. It's not an easy wicket to bat on, but the way we batted, it looks good," Bangladesh captain Liton Das said, adding that they want to go in same vein during the second game.

Bangladesh are unlikely to ring any changes to their winning combination for Tuesday's clash.

Pakistan however, vowed to come back hard in the series, and show a strong performance in a match that has turned into a "must win" game for them. 

"We got off to a little bit of a flyer. Fakhar Zaman played four or five shots. It gave us a false indication about how the surface was playing," Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson said.

"We didn't help ourselves through the middle. We chose some poor options but when the ball started to nip through and bounced steeply, we probably didn't assess that it was a bit more challenging to play high-risk shots."

The match starts at 6pm and will be aired live on T Sports and Nagorik TV.

Bangladesh: Liton Das (capt), Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Parvez Hossain Emon, Mohammad Naim, Towhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali Anik, Shamim Hossain Patwary, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Saifuddin.

Pakistan: Salman Ali Agha (capt), Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniyal, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Hassan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Sufyan Moqim.

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