Pakistan win by five wickets! So, Pakistan scamper through and win the series opener. Mohammad Mithun dropped an easy catch and that helped Pakistan cross the line. Could have bit tight had he held onto the catch. Meanwhile, Pakistan now go 1-0 up in the three-match series. PAK vs BAN 1st T20I Full Scorecard.
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Pakistan vs Bangladesh Highlights 1st T20I 2020: PAK Beat BAN by 5 Wickets, Take 1-0 Lead in the Series
Check PAK vs BAN 1st T20I Live Score Updates: Pakistan are world No 1 in T20I rankings but have lost their last 8 matches out of 9 T20Is in 2019. They had 17 out of 19 a year before the sudden decline. Captain Babar Azam spoke about justifying their world No 1 status with a dominating performance against Bangladesh at home.
24 Jan, 17:58 (IST)
OUT! Is there some twist left in this match? Imad Wasim is bowled, the ball kept low and goes through the batsman's defence.Ā Imad Wasim b Al-Amin 6(4)
24 Jan, 17:53 (IST)
That's half-century up for Shoaib Malik. Pakistan now need nineĀ more runs to win from last two overs. Malik is lucky to be out there. He was dropped near long-off.
24 Jan, 17:53 (IST)
That's half-century up for Shoaib Malik. Pakistan now need nineĀ more runs to win from last two overs. Malik is lucky to be out there. He was dropped near long-off.
24 Jan, 17:47 (IST)
OUT! Bangladesh strike! Shafiul Islam picks his second wicket. Will this change things in favour of Bangladesh? Iftikhar Ahmed edges one to the wicket-keeper.Ā Iftikhar Ahmed c Liton Das b Shafiul 16(13)
24 Jan, 17:47 (IST)
OUT! Bangladesh strike! Shafiul Islam picks his second wicket. Will this change things in favour of Bangladesh? Iftikhar Ahmed edges one to the wicket-keeper.Ā Iftikhar Ahmed c Liton Das b Shafiul 16(13)
24 Jan, 17:35 (IST)
Pakistan have upped the ante and are scoring at a quick rate now. Meanwhile, the equation for Pakistan now reads, 37 more runs to win off 30 balls.
24 Jan, 17:28 (IST)
OUT! Ahsan Ali is caught at long-off. He was looking to go over the bowlers head and ends up mistiming the shot. Third wicket goes down for Pakistan. Ahsan Ali c (sub)Shanto b Aminul Islam 36(32)
24 Jan, 17:09 (IST)
The partnership between Ahsan AliĀ and Shoaib Malik is now worth 24 off 24 balls. Pakistan now need 83 more runs to win off 66 balls. After losing two wickets, Pakistan have recovered well post those two strikes.
24 Jan, 16:50 (IST)
OUT! Pakistan lose their second wicket. Mohammad Hafeez fails to pick slower one from Mustafizur Rahman, gets the leading edge and ends up gifting a dolly to cover fielder.Ā Hafeez c Aminul Islam b Mustafizur 17(16)
24 Jan, 16:39 (IST)
Mohammad Hafeez looks in good touch. He already has picked three fours. Meanwhile, Pakistan need 121 more runs to win from 17 overs. Ahsan Ali, the debutant, has hit a boundary as well.
24 Jan, 16:29 (IST)
OUT! Early breakthrough for Bangaldesh. Shafiul Islam strikes. Poor shot by Babar Azam, he gets an outside edge and wicket-keeper takes the catch. Babar Azam c Liton Das b Shafiul 0(2)
24 Jan, 16:11 (IST)
A couple of boundaries in final over, takes Bangladesh to 141/5. The score is below par but Bangladesh have the attack to defend this. This is also the lowest score batting first at the Gaddafi Stadium. Pakistan need 142 runs to take 1-0 lead in the series. Do join us for the chase
24 Jan, 16:05 (IST)
Out! Shaheen Afridi strikes and Soumya Sarkar has to go. A slower delivery from Afridi completely deceives Sarkar but he goes on with the big hit and loses his wicket. Soumya Sarkar b Shaheen Afridi 7(5)
24 Jan, 15:58 (IST)
Out!Ā Haris Rauf has his maiden T20I wicket. The young pacer gate-crashes Afifi Hossain's stumps to take his first wicket in Twenty20 internationals for Bangladesh. Afif was looking to go big and makes room for himself to swing the bat but misses the ball completely.Ā Afif Hossain b Haris Rauf 9(10)
24 Jan, 15:50 (IST)
Bangladesh crossed the 100-run mark at the end of 15 overs but three quick wickets couples with some tight bowling by Pakistan have limited their boundary count. Mahmudullah finds one through the cow corner to take the visitors to 116 with 18 deliveries to go.
24 Jan, 15:40 (IST)
Out!Ā Naim Mohammad goes now. Shadab Khan picks the wicket. the young opener was looking to go big but only managed to miscue it towards long-on where Iftikhar has little difficulty in catching it. Naim c Iftikhar Ahmed b Shadab Khan 43(41)
24 Jan, 15:35 (IST)
Out!Ā Liton DasĀ is run-out. Pakistan have not managed to find the wickets through deliveries but have taken them by hitting the wickets. second consecutive run-out for Bangladesh. This time it is Liton Das.Ā Liton Das run out (Shadab Khan) 12(13)Ā
24 Jan, 15:31 (IST)
Liton Das have started hitting the boundaries, which is the very he has been send ahead of the likes of Soumya Sarkar and skipper Mahmudullah. But Bangladesh need more than just one boundary every over.Ā
24 Jan, 15:25 (IST)
Mohammad Naim Welcomes Shadab Khan with a 6 over extra-cover. But the spinner bounces back with only 1 run from the next 5 deliveries. Bangladesh need to smash a couple of deliveries out of the park to set a respectable target on board.
Pakistan will face Bangladesh in the 1st T20I of a three-match series hoping to shade aside the 0-3 drubbing they were handed by a second-string Sri Lanka team in their last Twenty20 international series at home. Pakistan vs Bangladesh 1st T20I match will be played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on January 24, 2020 (Friday). Both teams come into the three-match series on the back of defeats in their previous T20I series. Pakistan blanked in Australia, while Bangladesh put up a tough fight against India but ended with the same story ā a 1-2 defeat. Stay tuned for the live score updates and ball-by-ball commentary of Pakistan vs Bangladesh 1st T20I encounter.Ā Pakistan Vs Bangladesh, Cricket Score 1st T20I Match.
Bangladesh and Pakistan meet in a series that at one stage seemed impossible but was agreed after a long meeting in Dubai presided by ICC chairman Shashank Manohar. Bangladesh had agreed to a short T20I series but rejected Pakistanās proposal of a Test series before agreeing to it later ā albeit in three phases, the first of which begins on January 24, 2020 (Friday). The visitors will, however, be without two of their most experienced and senior players in Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim. The former is banned for a two-year period while latter opted out citing family concerns.
That itself is bound to pressure of remaining handful players in an otherwise inexperienced squad. Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar and Mahmudullah will have to guide the Bangladesh batting, while the likes of Mustafizzur Rahman and Rubel Hossain will need to speak with the ball if Bangladesh are to get anything out of this series.Ā Pakistan vs Bangladesh Head-to-Head Record.
Pakistan, on the other, have called back veterans Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Hafeez while leaving out regular names such as Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Amir, Imam-ul-Haq, Haris Sohail and Asif Ali. Among the new names in the Pakistani squad, Harid Rauf will be the one to watch out for. He lightened up the Big Bash League for Melbourne Stars and Pakistan will be hoping he can repeat the same on home turf.
Pakistan are world No 1 in T20I rankings but have lost their last 8 matches out of 9 T20Is in 2019. They had 17 out of 19 a year before the sudden decline. Captain Babar Azam spoke about justifying their world No 1 status with a dominating performance against Bangladesh at home and Pakistan will hope they can reprise that in the field against a team they have defeated 8 times in 10 T20I matches.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jan 24, 2020 01:55 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).
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