Delhi: Pakistan has made a strong start of the T20 series against Bangladesh. Despite the absence of star players like Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in the first match of this series being played after the end of PSL, Pakistan won by 37 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series.
Captain Salman Ali Aga won the toss and decided to bat first. However, the beginning was not good for Pakistan and both opener returned to the pavilion for just 1 run. After this, Mohammad Haris played an important innings of 31 runs and handled the team.
In the middle order, captain Salman Ali Aga and Hasan Nawaz made a comeback to Pakistan. Salman scored 56 runs in 34 balls with the help of 8 fours and 1 six, while Hasan Nawaz hit 44 sixes and 2 fours off just 22 balls.
All -rounder Shadab Khan also batted in a stormy style and scored 48 runs in 25 balls, causing Pakistan’s score to reach 200 runs.
In response, Bangladesh team was reduced to 164 runs. Captain Litton Das scored the highest 48 runs, but the rest of the batsmen could not stand in front of Hasan Ali.
Hasan broke Bangladesh’s back with 5 wickets in just 3.2 overs.Shadab Khan also showed amazing batting and took 2 wickets in bowling with great batting. At the same time, Khushdil Shah, Salman Ali Aga and Faheem Ashraf got 1-1 success. With this victory, Pakistan has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20 series.
