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Bengali Tigers win match against green shirt to set clash with India in 2016 Asia Cup final By.Asghar Ali Mubarak Dhaka ,The Bangladesh rode on a spectacular Soumya Sarkar knock that followed yet another fine bowling display to beat Pakistan in a tense tie and seal a spot in the Asia Cup2016 final. The Bengali Tigers will take on India in the final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Sunday.Sent in to field first, Bangladesh bowlers had put the Pakistan batsmen to the sword early on before a fine unbeaten Sarfraz Ahmed half-century helped them to a fighting 129 for 7. Bangladesh needed 18 runs off the last two overs when Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi brought Mohammad Sami back to bowl the penultimate over, which turned the game on its head. After the first three balls went for three singles, Sami overstepped to concede a free-hit in the next. Mashrafe hoicked it straight to long-off and pushed hard for a double. The skipper and Mahmudullah ran for three more in the next two deliveries before Sami bowled another no-ball that went for a boundary, reducing the equation to 4 off 7 deliveries. Mahmudullah then hooked a full-toss from Afridi to finish it off in style with five balls to spare. In the chase, Soumya played a breezy run-a-ball 48 before Pakistan fought back with quick wickets. But Mahmudullah (22 off 15 balls) and skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (12) held their nerves for the thrilling win in the last over.Asia Cup: Bangladesh beat Pakistan 5 wicket in a thriller to set up final clash with India Chasing 130 to win, Soumya Sarkar (48) and Mahmudullah (22*) made some useful contributions as Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by five wickets in match eight of the tournament. SIX! Mahmudullah finishes it off in style. Bangladesh beat Pakistan by five wickets to set up final clash with India. Mohammad Sami starts the 19th over. Three singles from first three balls. No-ball and two runs. Free-hit! Just a single. No-ball and a four. Its all over now. Bangladesh need 3 runs in 6 balls Four runs. Mortaza hits Amir straight down the ground. Four more. This time to fine leg boundary. BAN 112/5 in 18 overs.OUT! Shakib bowled by Mohammad Amir for 8. Bangladesh 104/5 in 17.2 overs; need Bangladesh need 26 runs in 16 balls. Bangladesh need 26 runs in 18 balls. SIX! Mahmudullah hits Irfan over extra cover. What a shot! Bangladesh need 35 runs in 24 balls to win the match.sChasing 130 to win, Soumya Sarkar (48) put Bangladesh in control but Pakistan picked up wickets in quick succession to put the match in balance in Dhaka. OUT! Mushfiqur Rahim dismissed LBW by Shoaib Malik for 12. BAN 88/4 in 14.2 overs. OUT! Soumya Sarkar bowled by Mohammad Amir for 48. BAN 83/3 in 13.2 overs. Bangladesh need 57 runs in 53 balls. Four runs. Soumya Sarkar hits Anwar Ali for another boundary. BAN 66/2 in 10.2 overs. Mohammad Irfan dismissed Tamim Iqbal (7) in the second over and Shahid Afridi got rid of Sabbir Rahman (14) in the ninth but Sarkar was batting steadily from the other end. SIX! Soumya Sarkar hits Anwar Ali for a huge one. Bangladesh need 80 runs in 66 balls. OUT! Sabbir Rahman falls to Shahid Afridi for 14. BAN 46/2 in 8.1 overs. Four runs. Soumya Sarkar hits it to fine leg boundary. BAN 40/1 in 7 overs. Bangladesh need 99 runs in 89 balls. Four runs. Sabbir Rahman hits Mohammad Sami to fine leg boundary. Just two runs came from the fourth over bowled by by Irfan. BAN 24/1 in 4 overs. Bangladesh need 108 runs. Four runs. Soumya Sarkar hits Mohammad Amir for a cracking four. Four runs. Soumya Sarkar hits Mohammad Irfan to backward point.OUT! Tamim Iqbal falls to Irfan for 7. BAN 13/1 in 1.4 overs. Soumya Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal are opening the batting for Bangladesh. Mohammad Amir starts the over. Just two runs from first four balls. SIX! Tamim Iqbal hits Amir to backward square leg. BAN 8/0 in 1 over. Shoaib Malik (41) and Sarfaraz Ahmed (58*) had a solid stand for the fifth wicket to take their team to a fighting score after they had a disastrous start in the must-win game against the hosts in Dhaka. SIX! Sarfaraz hits the full toss from Al-Amin for a big one. Single followed by a double. OUT! Anwar ALi falls for 13. Pakistan make 129/7 in 20 overs. Fifty up for Sarfaraz Ahmed with a cracking four to cover. PAkistan 117/6 in 19 overs. Four runs. Anwar Ali plays it over the wicketkeeper’s head. OUT! Shahid Afridi falls to Al-Amin for a duck. PAK 102/6 in 17.3 overs. Shahid AFridi is the next man in for Pakistan. Sarfaraz takes a double. PAK 101/5 in 17 overs. OUT! Arafat Sunny gets his second wicket. Shoaib Malik caught on 41. PAK 98/5 in 16.4 overs. Four runs. Shoaib Malik is playing another gem of an innings. What a comeback this has been. Four runs. Malik hits it square off the wicket. Four more. This time straight down the ground. PAK 91/4 in 16 overs. Shoaib Malik and Sarfaraz Ahmed had a solid 50-plus stand for the fifth wicket after they had a disastrous start in the must-win game against the hosts in Dhaka. Four runs. Sarfaraz hits a cracking four off Mashrafe. Two more off the next ball. SIX! Sarfaraz hits Mashrafe for a big one to complete fifty run stand for the fifth wicket. PAK 79/5 in 15 overs. SIX! That’s a big one from Malik straight down the ground off Arafat Sunny. PAK 65/4 in 14 overs. Four runs. Shoaib Malik cuts Mortaza to deep backward point. The partnership between Sarfraz Ahmed and Malik is now 24 off 26 balls. Pakistan can’t afford to lose a wicket here but they also need to accelerate the scoring rate if they want to make a comeback. PAK 54/4 in 13 overs. The runs have almost stopped coming. Tight bowling from Bangladesh as they are not bowling many loose balls. The current run rate is just above 3 runs per over and Pakistan batsmen are not even rotating the strike. PAK 40/4 in 11 overs. End of over 10: Pakistan 34/4 OUT! Taskin dismisses Umar Akmal for 4. Pakistan 28/4 in 8.2 overs. Four runs. Sarfaraz plays Mortaza to midwicket boundary. PAK 25/3 in 7 overs. Pakistan couldn’t have asked for a worse start against the must-win game against Bangladesh. Their batting display in the series has been nothing less than disappointing. While the top-order has failed miserably, the seniors have not been able to lead from the front. Pakistan 18/3 in 5 overs. Al-Amin dismissed Khurram Manzoor (1) in the second over before Arafat Sunny got rid of Sharjeel Khan (10) in the fourth and Mashrafe Mortaza picked up Mohammad Hafeez (2). OUT! Mohammad Hafeez falls to Mashrafe Mortaza for 2. Pakistan 18/3 in 4.5 overs. Al-Amin dismissed Khurram Manzoor (1) in the second over before Arafat Sunny got rid of Sharjeel Khan (10) in the fourth in match eight of the tournament in Dhaka. OUT! Sharjeel Khan falls to Arafat Sunny for 10. Pakistan 12/2 in 3.5 overs. They are in deep trouble now. Taskin starts the new over with five dot balls to Mohammad Hafeez. Maiden over. Hafeez has made just one runs in eight balls. PAK 8/1 in 3 overs. SIX! Sharjeel hits Al-AMin to backward square leg. PAK 8/1 in 2 overs. Al-Amin dismissed Khurram (1) in the second over after Pakistan own the toss and opted to bat in match eight of the tournament in Dhaka. OUT! Khurram Manzoor falls to Al-Amin for 1. Pakistan 1/1 in 1.1 overs. Khurram Manzoor and Sharjeel Khan are opening the batting for Pakistan. Taskin Ahmed makes a good start with four dot balls. He keeping it tight and is bowling at a quick pace, not letting Manzoor score freely. Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Taskin Ahmed, Arafat Sunny, Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Mithun, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mahmudullah, Al-Amin Hossain Pakistan: Shahid Afridi(c), Anwar Ali, Mohammad Amir, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Khurram Manzoor, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed(w) , Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Irfan. Allrounder Anwar Ali comes in to replace Mohammad Nawaz for Pakistan while Tamim Iqbal and Arafat Sunny get a chance in place of Nurul Hasan and Mustafizur in Bangladesh’s playing XI. Having registered resounding back-to-back victories, hosts Bangladesh were expected to put up a tough fight against Pakistan despite the absence of their main strike bowler Mustafizur Rahaman in an Asia Cup round robin league encounter. It will was a must-win game for both teams aiming to make it to the finals of the continental championship ahead of the ICC World T20.

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Bengali Tigers win match against green shirt to set clash with India in 2016 Asia Cup final By.Asghar Ali Mubarak Dhaka ,The Bangladesh rode on a spectacular Soumya Sarkar knock that followed yet another fine bowling display to beat Pakistan in a tense tie and seal a spot in the Asia Cup2016 final. The Bengali Tigers will take on India in the final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Sunday.Sent in to field first, Bangladesh bowlers had put the Pakistan batsmen to the sword early on before a fine unbeaten Sarfraz Ahmed half-century helped them to a fighting 129 for 7. Bangladesh needed 18 runs off the last two overs when Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi brought Mohammad Sami back to bowl the penultimate over, which turned the game on its head. After the first three balls went for three singles, Sami overstepped to concede a free-hit in the next. Mashrafe hoicked it straight to long-off and pushed hard for a double. The skipper and Mahmudullah ran for three more in the next two deliveries before Sami bowled another no-ball that went for a boundary, reducing the equation to 4 off 7 deliveries. Mahmudullah then hooked a full-toss from Afridi to finish it off in style with five balls to spare. In the chase, Soumya played a breezy run-a-ball 48 before Pakistan fought back with quick wickets. But Mahmudullah (22 off 15 balls) and skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (12) held their nerves for the thrilling win in the last over.Asia Cup: Bangladesh beat Pakistan 5 wicket in a thriller to set up final clash with India Chasing 130 to win, Soumya Sarkar (48) and Mahmudullah (22) made some useful contributions as Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by five wickets in match eight of the tournament. SIX! Mahmudullah finishes it off in style. Bangladesh beat Pakistan by five wickets to set up final clash with India. Mohammad Sami starts the 19th over. Three singles from first three balls. No-ball and two runs. Free-hit! Just a single. No-ball and a four. Its all over now. Bangladesh need 3 runs in 6 balls Four runs. Mortaza hits Amir straight down the ground. Four more. This time to fine leg boundary. BAN 112/5 in 18 overs.OUT! Shakib bowled by Mohammad Amir for 8. Bangladesh 104/5 in 17.2 overs; need Bangladesh need 26 runs in 16 balls. Bangladesh need 26 runs in 18 balls. SIX! Mahmudullah hits Irfan over extra cover. What a shot! Bangladesh need 35 runs in 24 balls to win the match.sChasing 130 to win, Soumya Sarkar (48) put Bangladesh in control but Pakistan picked up wickets in quick succession to put the match in balance in Dhaka. OUT! Mushfiqur Rahim dismissed LBW by Shoaib Malik for 12. BAN 88/4 in 14.2 overs. OUT! Soumya Sarkar bowled by Mohammad Amir for 48. BAN 83/3 in 13.2 overs. Bangladesh need 57 runs in 53 balls. Four runs. Soumya Sarkar hits Anwar Ali for another boundary. BAN 66/2 in 10.2 overs. Mohammad Irfan dismissed Tamim Iqbal (7) in the second over and Shahid Afridi got rid of Sabbir Rahman (14) in the ninth but Sarkar was batting steadily from the other end. SIX! Soumya Sarkar hits Anwar Ali for a huge one. Bangladesh need 80 runs in 66 balls. OUT! Sabbir Rahman falls to Shahid Afridi for 14. BAN 46/2 in 8.1 overs. Four runs. Soumya Sarkar hits it to fine leg boundary. BAN 40/1 in 7 overs. Bangladesh need 99 runs in 89 balls. Four runs. Sabbir Rahman hits Mohammad Sami to fine leg boundary. Just two runs came from the fourth over bowled by by Irfan. BAN 24/1 in 4 overs. Bangladesh need 108 runs. Four runs. Soumya Sarkar hits Mohammad Amir for a cracking four. Four runs. Soumya Sarkar hits Mohammad Irfan to backward point.OUT! Tamim Iqbal falls to Irfan for 7. BAN 13/1 in 1.4 overs. Soumya Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal are opening the batting for Bangladesh. Mohammad Amir starts the over. Just two runs from first four balls. SIX! Tamim Iqbal hits Amir to backward square leg. BAN 8/0 in 1 over. Shoaib Malik (41) and Sarfaraz Ahmed (58) had a solid stand for the fifth wicket to take their team to a fighting score after they had a disastrous start in the must-win game against the hosts in Dhaka. SIX! Sarfaraz hits the full toss from Al-Amin for a big one. Single followed by a double. OUT! Anwar ALi falls for 13. Pakistan make 129/7 in 20 overs. Fifty up for Sarfaraz Ahmed with a cracking four to cover. PAkistan 117/6 in 19 overs. Four runs. Anwar Ali plays it over the wicketkeeper’s head. OUT! Shahid Afridi falls to Al-Amin for a duck. PAK 102/6 in 17.3 overs. Shahid AFridi is the next man in for Pakistan. Sarfaraz takes a double. PAK 101/5 in 17 overs. OUT! Arafat Sunny gets his second wicket. Shoaib Malik caught on 41. PAK 98/5 in 16.4 overs. Four runs. Shoaib Malik is playing another gem of an innings. What a comeback this has been. Four runs. Malik hits it square off the wicket. Four more. This time straight down the ground. PAK 91/4 in 16 overs. Shoaib Malik and Sarfaraz Ahmed had a solid 50-plus stand for the fifth wicket after they had a disastrous start in the must-win game against the hosts in Dhaka. Four runs. Sarfaraz hits a cracking four off Mashrafe. Two more off the next ball. SIX! Sarfaraz hits Mashrafe for a big one to complete fifty run stand for the fifth wicket. PAK 79/5 in 15 overs. SIX! That’s a big one from Malik straight down the ground off Arafat Sunny. PAK 65/4 in 14 overs. Four runs. Shoaib Malik cuts Mortaza to deep backward point. The partnership between Sarfraz Ahmed and Malik is now 24 off 26 balls. Pakistan can’t afford to lose a wicket here but they also need to accelerate the scoring rate if they want to make a comeback. PAK 54/4 in 13 overs. The runs have almost stopped coming. Tight bowling from Bangladesh as they are not bowling many loose balls. The current run rate is just above 3 runs per over and Pakistan batsmen are not even rotating the strike. PAK 40/4 in 11 overs. End of over 10: Pakistan 34/4 OUT! Taskin dismisses Umar Akmal for 4. Pakistan 28/4 in 8.2 overs. Four runs. Sarfaraz plays Mortaza to midwicket boundary. PAK 25/3 in 7 overs. Pakistan couldn’t have asked for a worse start against the must-win game against Bangladesh. Their batting display in the series has been nothing less than disappointing. While the top-order has failed miserably, the seniors have not been able to lead from the front. Pakistan 18/3 in 5 overs. Al-Amin dismissed Khurram Manzoor (1) in the second over before Arafat Sunny got rid of Sharjeel Khan (10) in the fourth and Mashrafe Mortaza picked up Mohammad Hafeez (2). OUT! Mohammad Hafeez falls to Mashrafe Mortaza for 2. Pakistan 18/3 in 4.5 overs. Al-Amin dismissed Khurram Manzoor (1) in the second over before Arafat Sunny got rid of Sharjeel Khan (10) in the fourth in match eight of the tournament in Dhaka. OUT! Sharjeel Khan falls to Arafat Sunny for 10. Pakistan 12/2 in 3.5 overs. They are in deep trouble now. Taskin starts the new over with five dot balls to Mohammad Hafeez. Maiden over. Hafeez has made just one runs in eight balls. PAK 8/1 in 3 overs. SIX! Sharjeel hits Al-AMin to backward square leg. PAK 8/1 in 2 overs. Al-Amin dismissed Khurram (1) in the second over after Pakistan own the toss and opted to bat in match eight of the tournament in Dhaka. OUT! Khurram Manzoor falls to Al-Amin for 1. Pakistan 1/1 in 1.1 overs. Khurram Manzoor and Sharjeel Khan are opening the batting for Pakistan. Taskin Ahmed makes a good start with four dot balls. He keeping it tight and is bowling at a quick pace, not letting Manzoor score freely. Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Taskin Ahmed, Arafat Sunny, Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Mithun, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mahmudullah, Al-Amin Hossain Pakistan: Shahid Afridi(c), Anwar Ali, Mohammad Amir, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Khurram Manzoor, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed(w) , Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Irfan. Allrounder Anwar Ali comes in to replace Mohammad Nawaz for Pakistan while Tamim Iqbal and Arafat Sunny get a chance in place of Nurul Hasan and Mustafizur in Bangladesh’s playing XI. Having registered resounding back-to-back victories, hosts Bangladesh were expected to put up a tough fight against Pakistan despite the absence of their main strike bowler Mustafizur Rahaman in an Asia Cup round robin league encounter. It will was a must-win game for both teams aiming to make it to the finals of the continental championship ahead of the ICC World T20.

By Asghar Ali Mubarak

Published 2 March 2016 · 7 min read

Bangali Tigers win match against green shirt to set clash with India in 2016 Asia Cup final

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By.Asghar Ali Mubarak
Dhaka ,The Bangladesh rode on a spectacular Soumya Sarkar knock that followed yet another fine bowling display to beat Pakistan in a tense tie and seal a spot in the Asia Cup2016 final.

The Bengali Tigers will take on India in the final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Sunday.Sent in to field first, Bangladesh bowlers had put the Pakistan batsmen to the sword early on before a fine unbeaten Sarfraz Ahmed half-century helped them to a fighting 129 for 7. Bangladesh needed 18 runs off the last two overs when Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi brought Mohammad Sami back to bowl the penultimate over, which turned the game on its head.

After the first three balls went for three singles, Sami overstepped to concede a free-hit in the next. Mashrafe hoicked it straight to long-off and pushed hard for a double.

The skipper and Mahmudullah ran for three more in the next two deliveries before Sami bowled another no-ball that went for a boundary, reducing the equation to 4 off 7 deliveries.

Mahmudullah then hooked a full-toss from Afridi to finish it off in style with five balls to spare.

In the chase, Soumya played a breezy run-a-ball 48 before Pakistan fought back with quick wickets. But Mahmudullah (22 off 15 balls) and skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (12) held their nerves for the thrilling win in the last over.Asia Cup: Bangladesh beat Pakistan 5 wicket in a thriller to set up final clash with India

Chasing 130 to win, Soumya Sarkar (48) and Mahmudullah (22*) made some useful contributions as Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by five wickets in match eight of the tournament.

SIX! Mahmudullah finishes it off in style. Bangladesh beat Pakistan by five wickets to set up final clash with India.

Mohammad Sami starts the 19th over. Three singles from first three balls. No-ball and two runs. Free-hit! Just a single. No-ball and a four. Its all over now. Bangladesh need 3 runs in 6 balls

Four runs. Mortaza hits Amir straight down the ground. Four more. This time to fine leg boundary. BAN 112/5 in 18 overs.OUT! Shakib bowled by Mohammad Amir for 8. Bangladesh 104/5 in 17.2 overs; need Bangladesh need 26 runs in 16 balls.

Bangladesh need 26 runs in 18 balls.

SIX! Mahmudullah hits Irfan over extra cover. What a shot!

Bangladesh need 35 runs in 24 balls to win the match.sChasing 130 to win, Soumya Sarkar (48) put Bangladesh in control but Pakistan picked up wickets in quick succession to put the match in balance in Dhaka.

OUT! Mushfiqur Rahim dismissed LBW by Shoaib Malik for 12. BAN 88/4 in 14.2 overs.

OUT! Soumya Sarkar bowled by Mohammad Amir for 48. BAN 83/3 in 13.2 overs.

Bangladesh need 57 runs in 53 balls.

Four runs. Soumya Sarkar hits Anwar Ali for another boundary. BAN 66/2 in 10.2 overs.

Mohammad Irfan dismissed Tamim Iqbal (7) in the second over and Shahid Afridi got rid of Sabbir Rahman (14) in the ninth but Sarkar was batting steadily from the other end.

SIX! Soumya Sarkar hits Anwar Ali for a huge one.

Bangladesh need 80 runs in 66 balls.

OUT! Sabbir Rahman falls to Shahid Afridi for 14. BAN 46/2 in 8.1 overs.

Four runs. Soumya Sarkar hits it to fine leg boundary. BAN 40/1 in 7 overs.

Bangladesh need 99 runs in 89 balls.

Four runs. Sabbir Rahman hits Mohammad Sami to fine leg boundary.

Just two runs came from the fourth over bowled by by Irfan. BAN 24/1 in 4 overs.

Bangladesh need 108 runs.

Four runs. Soumya Sarkar hits Mohammad Amir for a cracking four.

Four runs. Soumya Sarkar hits Mohammad Irfan to backward point.OUT! Tamim Iqbal falls to Irfan for 7. BAN 13/1 in 1.4 overs.

Soumya Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal are opening the batting for Bangladesh. Mohammad Amir starts the over. Just two runs from first four balls. SIX! Tamim Iqbal hits Amir to backward square leg. BAN 8/0 in 1 over.

Shoaib Malik (41) and Sarfaraz Ahmed (58*) had a solid stand for the fifth wicket to take their team to a fighting score after they had a disastrous start in the must-win game against the hosts in Dhaka.

SIX! Sarfaraz hits the full toss from Al-Amin for a big one. Single followed by a double. OUT! Anwar ALi falls for 13. Pakistan make 129/7 in 20 overs.

Fifty up for Sarfaraz Ahmed with a cracking four to cover. PAkistan 117/6 in 19 overs.

Four runs. Anwar Ali plays it over the wicketkeeper’s head.

OUT! Shahid Afridi falls to Al-Amin for a duck. PAK 102/6 in 17.3 overs.

Shahid AFridi is the next man in for Pakistan. Sarfaraz takes a double. PAK 101/5 in 17 overs.

OUT! Arafat Sunny gets his second wicket. Shoaib Malik caught on 41. PAK 98/5 in 16.4 overs.

Four runs. Shoaib Malik is playing another gem of an innings. What a comeback this has been.

Four runs. Malik hits it square off the wicket. Four more. This time straight down the ground. PAK 91/4 in 16 overs.

Shoaib Malik and Sarfaraz Ahmed had a solid 50-plus stand for the fifth wicket after they had a disastrous start in the must-win game against the hosts in Dhaka.

Four runs. Sarfaraz hits a cracking four off Mashrafe. Two more off the next ball. SIX! Sarfaraz hits Mashrafe for a big one to complete fifty run stand for the fifth wicket. PAK 79/5 in 15 overs.

SIX! That’s a big one from Malik straight down the ground off Arafat Sunny. PAK 65/4 in 14 overs.

Four runs. Shoaib Malik cuts Mortaza to deep backward point. The partnership between Sarfraz Ahmed and Malik is now 24 off 26 balls. Pakistan can’t afford to lose a wicket here but they also need to accelerate the scoring rate if they want to make a comeback. PAK 54/4 in 13 overs.

The runs have almost stopped coming. Tight bowling from Bangladesh as they are not bowling many loose balls. The current run rate is just above 3 runs per over and Pakistan batsmen are not even rotating the strike. PAK 40/4 in 11 overs.

End of over 10: Pakistan 34/4

OUT! Taskin dismisses Umar Akmal for 4. Pakistan 28/4 in 8.2 overs.

Four runs. Sarfaraz plays Mortaza to midwicket boundary. PAK 25/3 in 7 overs.

Pakistan couldn’t have asked for a worse start against the must-win game against Bangladesh. Their batting display in the series has been nothing less than disappointing. While the top-order has failed miserably, the seniors have not been able to lead from the front.

Pakistan 18/3 in 5 overs.

Al-Amin dismissed Khurram Manzoor (1) in the second over before Arafat Sunny got rid of Sharjeel Khan (10) in the fourth and Mashrafe Mortaza picked up Mohammad Hafeez (2).

OUT! Mohammad Hafeez falls to Mashrafe Mortaza for 2. Pakistan 18/3 in 4.5 overs.

Al-Amin dismissed Khurram Manzoor (1) in the second over before Arafat Sunny got rid of Sharjeel Khan (10) in the fourth in match eight of the tournament in Dhaka.

OUT! Sharjeel Khan falls to Arafat Sunny for 10. Pakistan 12/2 in 3.5 overs. They are in deep trouble now.

Taskin starts the new over with five dot balls to Mohammad Hafeez. Maiden over. Hafeez has made just one runs in eight balls. PAK 8/1 in 3 overs.

SIX! Sharjeel hits Al-AMin to backward square leg. PAK 8/1 in 2 overs.

Al-Amin dismissed Khurram (1) in the second over after Pakistan own the toss and opted to bat in match eight of the tournament in Dhaka.

OUT! Khurram Manzoor falls to Al-Amin for 1. Pakistan 1/1 in 1.1 overs.

Khurram Manzoor and Sharjeel Khan are opening the batting for Pakistan. Taskin Ahmed makes a good start with four dot balls. He keeping it tight and is bowling at a quick pace, not letting Manzoor score freely.

Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Taskin Ahmed, Arafat Sunny, Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Mithun, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mahmudullah, Al-Amin Hossain

Pakistan: Shahid Afridi(c), Anwar Ali, Mohammad Amir, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Khurram Manzoor, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed(w) , Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Irfan.

Allrounder Anwar Ali comes in to replace Mohammad Nawaz for Pakistan while Tamim Iqbal and Arafat Sunny get a chance in place of Nurul Hasan and Mustafizur in Bangladesh’s playing XI.

Having registered resounding back-to-back victories, hosts Bangladesh were expected to put up a tough fight against Pakistan despite the absence of their main strike bowler Mustafizur Rahaman in an Asia Cup round robin league encounter.

It will was a must-win game for both teams aiming to make it to the finals of the continental championship ahead of the ICC World T20.

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Bengali Tigers win match against green shirt to set clash with India in 2016 Asia Cup final By.Asghar Ali Mubarak Dhaka ,The Bangladesh rode on a spectacular Soumya Sarkar knock that followed yet another fine bowling display to beat Pakistan in a tense tie and seal a spot in the Asia Cup2016 final. The Bengali Tigers will take on India in the final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Sunday.Sent in to field first, Bangladesh bowlers had put the Pakistan batsmen to the sword early on before a fine unbeaten Sarfraz Ahmed half-century helped them to a fighting 129 for 7. Bangladesh needed 18 runs off the last two overs when Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi brought Mohammad Sami back to bowl the penultimate over, which turned the game on its head. After the first three balls went for three singles, Sami overstepped to concede a free-hit in the next. Mashrafe hoicked it straight to long-off and pushed hard for a double. The skipper and Mahmudullah ran for three more in the next two deliveries before Sami bowled another no-ball that went for a boundary, reducing the equation to 4 off 7 deliveries. Mahmudullah then hooked a full-toss from Afridi to finish it off in style with five balls to spare. In the chase, Soumya played a breezy run-a-ball 48 before Pakistan fought back with quick wickets. But Mahmudullah (22 off 15 balls) and skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (12) held their nerves for the thrilling win in the last over.Asia Cup: Bangladesh beat Pakistan 5 wicket in a thriller to set up final clash with India Chasing 130 to win, Soumya Sarkar (48) and Mahmudullah (22*) made some useful contributions as Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by five wickets in match eight of the tournament. SIX! Mahmudullah finishes it off in style. Bangladesh beat Pakistan by five wickets to set up final clash with India. Mohammad Sami starts the 19th over. Three singles from first three balls. No-ball and two runs. Free-hit! Just a single. No-ball and a four. Its all over now. Bangladesh need 3 runs in 6 balls Four runs. Mortaza hits Amir straight down the ground. Four more. This time to fine leg boundary. BAN 112/5 in 18 overs.OUT! Shakib bowled by Mohammad Amir for 8. Bangladesh 104/5 in 17.2 overs; need Bangladesh need 26 runs in 16 balls. Bangladesh need 26 runs in 18 balls. SIX! Mahmudullah hits Irfan over extra cover. What a shot! Bangladesh need 35 runs in 24 balls to win the match.sChasing 130 to win, Soumya Sarkar (48) put Bangladesh in control but Pakistan picked up wickets in quick succession to put the match in balance in Dhaka. OUT! Mushfiqur Rahim dismissed LBW by Shoaib Malik for 12. BAN 88/4 in 14.2 overs. OUT! Soumya Sarkar bowled by Mohammad Amir for 48. BAN 83/3 in 13.2 overs. Bangladesh need 57 runs in 53 balls. Four runs. Soumya Sarkar hits Anwar Ali for another boundary. BAN 66/2 in 10.2 overs. Mohammad Irfan dismissed Tamim Iqbal (7) in the second over and Shahid Afridi got rid of Sabbir Rahman (14) in the ninth but Sarkar was batting steadily from the other end. SIX! Soumya Sarkar hits Anwar Ali for a huge one. Bangladesh need 80 runs in 66 balls. OUT! Sabbir Rahman falls to Shahid Afridi for 14. BAN 46/2 in 8.1 overs. Four runs. Soumya Sarkar hits it to fine leg boundary. BAN 40/1 in 7 overs. Bangladesh need 99 runs in 89 balls. Four runs. Sabbir Rahman hits Mohammad Sami to fine leg boundary. Just two runs came from the fourth over bowled by by Irfan. BAN 24/1 in 4 overs. Bangladesh need 108 runs. Four runs. Soumya Sarkar hits Mohammad Amir for a cracking four. Four runs. Soumya Sarkar hits Mohammad Irfan to backward point.OUT! Tamim Iqbal falls to Irfan for 7. BAN 13/1 in 1.4 overs. Soumya Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal are opening the batting for Bangladesh. Mohammad Amir starts the over. Just two runs from first four balls. SIX! Tamim Iqbal hits Amir to backward square leg. BAN 8/0 in 1 over. Shoaib Malik (41) and Sarfaraz Ahmed (58*) had a solid stand for the fifth wicket to take their team to a fighting score after they had a disastrous start in the must-win game against the hosts in Dhaka. SIX! Sarfaraz hits the full toss from Al-Amin for a big one. Single followed by a double. OUT! Anwar ALi falls for 13. Pakistan make 129/7 in 20 overs. Fifty up for Sarfaraz Ahmed with a cracking four to cover. PAkistan 117/6 in 19 overs. Four runs. Anwar Ali plays it over the wicketkeeper’s head. OUT! Shahid Afridi falls to Al-Amin for a duck. PAK 102/6 in 17.3 overs. Shahid AFridi is the next man in for Pakistan. Sarfaraz takes a double. PAK 101/5 in 17 overs. OUT! Arafat Sunny gets his second wicket. Shoaib Malik caught on 41. PAK 98/5 in 16.4 overs. Four runs. Shoaib Malik is playing another gem of an innings. What a comeback this has been. Four runs. Malik hits it square off the wicket. Four more. This time straight down the ground. PAK 91/4 in 16 overs. Shoaib Malik and Sarfaraz Ahmed had a solid 50-plus stand for the fifth wicket after they had a disastrous start in the must-win game against the hosts in Dhaka. Four runs. Sarfaraz hits a cracking four off Mashrafe. Two more off the next ball. SIX! Sarfaraz hits Mashrafe for a big one to complete fifty run stand for the fifth wicket. PAK 79/5 in 15 overs. SIX! That’s a big one from Malik straight down the ground off Arafat Sunny. PAK 65/4 in 14 overs. Four runs. Shoaib Malik cuts Mortaza to deep backward point. The partnership between Sarfraz Ahmed and Malik is now 24 off 26 balls. Pakistan can’t afford to lose a wicket here but they also need to accelerate the scoring rate if they want to make a comeback. PAK 54/4 in 13 overs. The runs have almost stopped coming. Tight bowling from Bangladesh as they are not bowling many loose balls. The current run rate is just above 3 runs per over and Pakistan batsmen are not even rotating the strike. PAK 40/4 in 11 overs. End of over 10: Pakistan 34/4 OUT! Taskin dismisses Umar Akmal for 4. Pakistan 28/4 in 8.2 overs. Four runs. Sarfaraz plays Mortaza to midwicket boundary. PAK 25/3 in 7 overs. Pakistan couldn’t have asked for a worse start against the must-win game against Bangladesh. Their batting display in the series has been nothing less than disappointing. While the top-order has failed miserably, the seniors have not been able to lead from the front. Pakistan 18/3 in 5 overs. Al-Amin dismissed Khurram Manzoor (1) in the second over before Arafat Sunny got rid of Sharjeel Khan (10) in the fourth and Mashrafe Mortaza picked up Mohammad Hafeez (2). OUT! Mohammad Hafeez falls to Mashrafe Mortaza for 2. Pakistan 18/3 in 4.5 overs. Al-Amin dismissed Khurram Manzoor (1) in the second over before Arafat Sunny got rid of Sharjeel Khan (10) in the fourth in match eight of the tournament in Dhaka. OUT! Sharjeel Khan falls to Arafat Sunny for 10. Pakistan 12/2 in 3.5 overs. They are in deep trouble now. Taskin starts the new over with five dot balls to Mohammad Hafeez. Maiden over. Hafeez has made just one runs in eight balls. PAK 8/1 in 3 overs. SIX! Sharjeel hits Al-AMin to backward square leg. PAK 8/1 in 2 overs. Al-Amin dismissed Khurram (1) in the second over after Pakistan own the toss and opted to bat in match eight of the tournament in Dhaka. OUT! Khurram Manzoor falls to Al-Amin for 1. Pakistan 1/1 in 1.1 overs. Khurram Manzoor and Sharjeel Khan are opening the batting for Pakistan. Taskin Ahmed makes a good start with four dot balls. He keeping it tight and is bowling at a quick pace, not letting Manzoor score freely. Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Taskin Ahmed, Arafat Sunny, Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Mithun, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mahmudullah, Al-Amin Hossain Pakistan: Shahid Afridi(c), Anwar Ali, Mohammad Amir, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Khurram Manzoor, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed(w) , Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Irfan. Allrounder Anwar Ali comes in to replace Mohammad Nawaz for Pakistan while Tamim Iqbal and Arafat Sunny get a chance in place of Nurul Hasan and Mustafizur in Bangladesh’s playing XI. Having registered resounding back-to-back victories, hosts Bangladesh were expected to put up a tough fight against Pakistan despite the absence of their main strike bowler Mustafizur Rahaman in an Asia Cup round robin league encounter. It will was a must-win game for both teams aiming to make it to the finals of the continental championship ahead of the ICC World T20.

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