Bangladesh lose by five wickets

Sports Desk

Published: November 22, 2021, 06:10 PM

Bangladesh lose by five wickets

Pakistan beat Bangladesh by five wickets in the third of the three-march Twenty20 International to complete a 3-0 sweep in Dhaka's Shere-Bangla Stadium on Monday (November 22).

Set 125 to win, Mohammad Nawaz sealed the contest with a boundary off the final delivery in today's match.

Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah Riyad (3-10) claimed three wickets in the final over. Haider Ali top-scored with 45 off 38 balls. Mohammad Wasim (2-15) and Usman Qadir (2-35) earlier claimed two wickets each for Pakistan.

Opener Mohammad Naim top-scored with 47 off 50 balls for Bangladesh while Shamim Hossain and Afif Hossain added 22 and 20 runs respectively.

Pakistan won the first two matches by four wickets and eight wickets respectively.

Bangladesh: Mohammad Naim, Shamim Hossain, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Afif Hossain, Mahmudullah (capt), Nurul Hasan (wk), Mahedi Hasan, Aminul Islam, Shahidul Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Nasum Ahmed

Pakistan: Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Haider Ali, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim, Usman Qadir, Haris Rauf, Shahnawaz Dahani

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