Tags: World Cup 2023,
Pakistan vs Bangladesh, thirty first Match at Kolkata, Oct 31, 2023,
Bangladesh,
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Revealed on: Nov 01, 2023
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Pakistan beat Bangladesh by seven wickets in match quantity 31 of the 2023 World Cup on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Tuesday, October 31. With the win, Babar Azam and co. stored their semi-final hopes alive whereas knocking Bangladesh out of rivalry for a spot within the high 4.
Underneath strain after 4 consecutive wins, Pakistan rang in a number of modifications and it aided them in ending their shedding run. Bangladesh gained the toss and opted to bat, however put up a really disappointing effort. Shaheen Afridi (3/23) struck within the first over, trapping Tanzid Hasan (0) leg earlier than. Najmul Hossain Shanto’s (4) horror run with the bat continued as he flicked Afridi to quick mid-wicket.
Haris Rauf (2/36) bowled a brute to have Mushfiqur Rahim (5) caught behind as Bangladesh slipped to 23/3. Litton Das (45 off 64) and Mahmudullah (56 off 70) added 79 for the fourth wicket to offer resurrect the innings to some extent. In opposition to the run of play, Das threw his wicket away. He clipped Iftikhar Ahmed to midwicket, giving the only of catches.
Mahmudullah then bought a near-unplayable supply from Afridi as a ball from around the wicket got here in with the angle and straightened to beat the set batter’s flick. Towhid Hridoy (7) was the following to go, caught at slip off Usama Mir. Skipper Shakib Al Hasan hung round for his 43 off 64 balls, however by no means seemed in management. Ultimately, he perished to a fast quick ball from Rauf.
Mohammad Wasim Jr (3/31) bowled Mehidy Hasan Miraz (25), Taskin Ahmed (6) and Mustafizur Rahman (3) to finish Bangladesh’s innings for 204 in 45.1 overs.
Chasing a small goal, Pakistan bought off to an excellent begin as openers Abdullah Shafique (68 off 69) and Fakhar Zaman (81 off 74) added 128 in 21.1 overs. The choice to switch Imam-ul-Haq with Fakhar paid enormous dividends because the batter performed a dominating knock to place Pakistan in management.
Fakhar struck three fours and 7 sixes, whereas Shafique hit 9 fours and two sixes. The aggressive partnership was damaged when Shafique was trapped lbw by Mehidy Hasan Miraz (3/60). The Bangladesh off-spinner additionally dismissed Pakistan skipper Babar for 9 off 16 because the batter holed out on long-on. Fakhar then missed out on 100 as he slog-swept Mehidy to vast mid-wicket.
Mohammad Rizwan (26*) and Iftikhar (17*) accomplished the formalities as Pakistan eased to victory in 32.3 overs to remain alive within the 2023 World Cup.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
