Player of the Match
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Best performances - Batsmen

Agha Salman
Agha Salman
56(34) 8x4 - 1x6
Control %88%
  • Productive Shot
  • sweep shot
  • 12 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
10 4 9 9 4 3 2 15
Shadab Khan
Shadab Khan
48(25) 5x4 - 2x6
Control %70%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog sweep
  • 14 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
8 0 1 0 9 6 9 15

Best performances - Bowlers

Hasan Ali
Hasan Ali
O3.2
M0
R30
W5
Eco9
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W1W
Shadab Khan
Shadab Khan
O4
M0
R26
W2
Eco6.5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Commentator: Rashad Mahbub

This concludes the action from today's match. Pakistan leads the three-match series 1-0. Thank you for tuning in. See you on May 30th for the second match. Until then, take care and goodnight.

Pakistan Captain, Salman Agha: "After like 5-2, it was an amazing innings. And I think everyone chipped in, and everyone came and played with the intent. That's what we want from them. This is what we want. We want a team performance like that. We batted well, bowled well, and fielded well, and everyone chipped in. We don't want people to score 80-90; if they do that, then that's amazing. But if they don't do that, we want people to come and take the game on, whether we are batting, bowling, or fielding. I think everyone is saying that 2017 Hassan Ali is back. And well, he's well and truly back. And the way he worked, I have seen him working hard. He was coming every day for two times, and then in Ramadan, he was coming and would stay there, break Fast, and then stay there, like till 11-12. It's truly hard work. Today it's paid off. And the way he bowled in PSL, and the way he bowled today, I'm so happy for him. He's well and truly back. I think it's just a luxury I have. I do want eight batters and six bowling options, I didn't bowl Saim yet, and I think he's a good enough bowler to bowl four overs. We have seen him bowling in PSL, but it's something like a luxury to have. And I do want us to have eight batters, eight batting options, and six proper bowling options. We will try to take rest tomorrow, and then we will come the day after tomorrow, like the way we did today we will do, probably try to do better."

Bangladesh captain, Litton Das: "All over the game, we didn't bowl well, bat well and field well. I'm not saying anything about... But we have to come back strongly. We have two games still. Not only bowling and batting, but you have to field well. In the first game, you have to field well. We didn't field well at the moment. 200 is chaseable on this ground, because the ground is so fast, and the wicket was pretty good to bat on. We don't bat well in the middle as well. We have to come back strongly. Jaker Ali, last one one year, he played really well. He's the key player at the moment. But one player can't win the game. We have to contribute from everyone. I mean, not in practice. Mentally, we have to think. I feel that cricket is not about practice, it is to grab, to think about cricket, and apply in the middle."

Player of the Match, Shadab Khan

11:20 pm And so, the Mike Hesson era begins with a win, quite a statement indeed! Bangladesh never really looked comfortable chasing down that mammoth target of 202. Despite Tanzid Tamim opening their account with a massive six over square leg, giving Bangladesh exactly the start they wanted, Parvez Hosain Emon departed early in the second over. Tanzid Tamim continued to look in good touch, smashing two consecutive sixes off Abrar's first over. However, a slower delivery from Hasan Ali deceived him, and he was clean bowled. Litton Das was striking hard and looked good, but his partner, Towhid Hridoy, was only striking the ball at 77, putting pressure on the skipper, who fell for 48 runs off 30 balls. Both batters fell quickly as the dot balls piled up. The target just proved too much for Bangladesh. They struggled to rotate the strike and find those big shots in the middle overs. Bangladesh's batting woes in the shorter format continued as their middle order failed to fire today. Jaker Ali was once again the lone warrior, scoring a quick 36 runs off 21 balls. But not every day Jaker Ali will manage to get Bangladesh over the line, and this wasn't his night either. Pakistan, on the other hand, were brilliant in the fielding department, especially inside the circle, saving a lot of runs. And what a comeback it was for Hasan Ali after a year away! He picked up a fifer, his best figures in T20I cricket and his first-ever fifer in this format. Shadab Khan chipped in with two wickets, while Khushdil, Salman, and Faheem bagged one each. Post Match Presentation coming up.

Imran Kidwai: "Great to see vintage Hasan Ali and Shadab Khan stepping up as key contributors in this win. A much-needed performance from both!"

Pakistan won by 37 runs

19.2
W
Hasan Ali to Shoriful Islam, OUT, Fifer for Hasan Ali! Slower through the air on middle-leg, Shoriful clears the front leg and goes for the big heave stroke, this time connected well but failed to place it past the long off fielder, fielder comes around and gobbles it up near the ropes. And that's the end of Bangladesh's innings. Hasan Ali is delighted, celebrates his trademark style!

Shoriful Islam c Shadab Khan b Hasan Ali 5 (3b 1x4 0x6) SR: 166.66

Mid-off goes out of the circle

19.1
4
Hasan Ali to Shoriful Islam, FOUR, Slower delivery in the slot on the stumps from around the wicket, Shoriful picked up the length early and swings it straight over the bowler's head, mid-off inside the circle, races away to the ropes

Hasan Ali to bowl the last over, searching for his first fifer in T20I

END OF OVER:
19 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | BAN: 160/9 (42 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.42, RRR: 42.00)

  • Shoriful Islam1 (1b)
  • Hasan Mahmud9 (5b)
  • Faheem Ashraf3-0-18-1
  • Hasan Ali3-0-26-4
18.6
1
Faheem Ashraf to Shoriful Islam, 1 run, yorker ball darted on the leg stump, shovels it away to wide of mid wicket
18.5
W
Faheem Ashraf to Mahedi Hasan, OUT, widish bouncer ball outside off, Mahedi tries to get on top of the bouncer delivery, plays the upper cut and did not time it well enough to clear the off-side fences, finds Hasan Nawaz at deep extra cover region

Mahedi Hasan c Hasan Nawaz b Faheem Ashraf 2 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

18.4
1
Faheem Ashraf to Hasan Mahmud, 1 run, back of a length ball on the stumps, whacks it down to long on for a single
18.3
1
Faheem Ashraf to Mahedi Hasan, 1 run, hard line and length ball on the off stump, moves away from the wicket and slaps it through the covers

Bangladesh 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st14Tanzid HasanParvez Hossain Emon
2nd23Litton DasTanzid Hasan
3rd63Litton DasTowhid Hridoy
4th2Jaker AliTowhid Hridoy
5th6Jaker AliShamim Hossain
6th16Jaker AliRishad Hossain
7th24Jaker AliTanzim Hasan Sakib
8th1Mahedi HasanTanzim Hasan Sakib
9th10Mahedi HasanHasan Mahmud
10th5Hasan MahmudShoriful Islam