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It was a classical lawsuit of the juncture getting the amended of Bangladesh arsenic it fluffed a 136-run pursuit astatine the Dubai International Cricket Stadium connected Thursday (September 25, 2025), mounting up the first-ever Asia Cup last betwixt archrivals Pakistan and India.
With 39 runs needed disconnected 20 balls, Bangladesh’s hopes were riding connected Shamim Hossain. But erstwhile the left-hander reverse-scooped a back-of-the-hand slower transportation from Shaheen Shah Afridi down point, the Tigers’ situation was each but over.
Afridi was hostile successful the PowerPlay and accounted for Parvez Hossain Emon and Towhid Hridoy. Haris Rauf, bowling with searing pace, drew a fatal starring borderline to region cardinal batter, Saif Hassan, and Bangladesh played catch-up since.
Bangladesh’s brittle middle-order was tentative against the spinners, with the batters getting into presumption excessively early, and Mohammad Nawaz and Saim Ayub cashed successful by picking 3 wickets betwixt them.
Earlier, Pakistan’s lower-order was near to prime up the pieces. The 38-run seventh-wicket basal betwixt Mohammad Haris and Nawaz was the biggest of the innings, portion Afridi’s 13-ball 19 was the astir entertaining knock.
Promoted to No. 7, Afridi flirted with information earlier breaking escaped with 2 humongous sixes connected the limb side. After being dropped twice, it took wicketkeeper Jaker Ali’s spirited sprint to midwicket to enactment an extremity to Afridi’s adventurism.
Rishad was each implicit Pakistan similar a rash and was progressive successful each of the archetypal 4 wickets it lost. He caught Sahibzada Farhan’s and Fakhar Zaman astatine backward constituent and long-off, respectively, earlier dismissing Saim and Hussain Talat.
Pakistan skipper Salman Agha was assured against the spinners, but a cutter from left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman was his undoing, leaving Pakistan reeling astatine 49 for five. From there, Agha’s men turned things astir to clinch an 11-run win.
The scores: Pakistan 135/8 successful 20 overs (Mohammad Haris 31, Mohammad Nawaz 25, Taskin Ahmed 3/28) bushed Bangladesh 124/9 successful 20 overs (Shamim Hossain 30, Shaheen Shah Afridi 3/17, Haris Rauf 3/33). Toss: Bangladesh.
