🏏Asia Cup 2023: M7: Super 4: PAK vs BD in Lahore today at 3PM IST 🏏 - Page 33

5.33pm Shakib and Mushfiqur added 100 runs for the seventh wicket, but Bangladesh failed to add even fifty after that. Afif and Shamim played short cameos, but couldn't bat long enough. Pakistan's bowlers get high-fives as they walk back to their dugout. Rauf was excellent, so was Naseem despite an injury scare when he hurt his shoulder while diving at the boundary. He dropped a catch off his own bowling but made up for it by helping clean up the tail.

BD all out for 193. Too low of a score Cakewalk for Pak now

Ban All out on 193

Well bowled by Pak

Haris Rauf: "The way the conditions demanded, I tried to bowl according to that. The way the wicket is at Lahore, you try to bowl stump-to-stump. If you bowl it wide, you can go for runs because it's a true wicket. The way Naseem and Shaheen start with the new ball, getting early wickets, it gives me confidence and I also get an idea of how the wicket is behaving. We also keep chatting with each other. The way our players are batting, they are in form also, so hopefully we can chase this."

Arman: "There is a noticeable impact of T20 in ODI. Run rate is good in 30 or 40 overs but hardly any wickets left to slog last 10 overs. Missing traditional ODI."

Aween: "Can we just talk about how good of an out and out fast bowler we found in form of Haris Rauf after Shoaib Akhtar? He is just too good."

At one stage, I expected them to score 250+ , even after losing four quick wickets, they stabilized the innings, but after losing all the wickets in quick succession, they put a meager total on the board.

4 wickets for Haris Rauf, 3 for Naseem Shah, 1 for Shaheen Afridi - on a pitch which is as flat as they come. Stop these pacers if you can!! Bangladesh were rattled in the powerplay as Naseem and Shaheen started the procession. Then Haris Rauf picked two in his first two overs, leaving the visitors at 47/4. Bangladesh rebuilt through Shakib Al Hasan and Rahim, as the two experienced heads stood up getting fifties apiece. They took advantage of Pakistan's tepid middle overs bowling, however Shakib holed out in the deep. Post that wicket, Rahim was running out of partners and he too was dismissed trying to play a rash shot. Pakistan cleaned up the last four wickets in a span of 8 balls. 194 should be an easy chase for their batters, but let's see how the game proceeds...

Shakib and Mushfiqur added 100 runs for the seventh wicket, but Bangladesh failed to add even fifty after that. Afif and Shamim played short cameos, but couldn't bat long enough. Pakistan's bowlers get high-fives as they walk back to their dugout. Rauf was excellent, so was Naseem despite an injury scare when he hurt his shoulder while diving at the boundary. He dropped a catch off his own bowling but made up for it by helping clean up the tail.

Haris Rauf: "The way the conditions demanded, I tried to bowl according to that. The way the wicket is at Lahore, you try to bowl stump-to-stump. If you bowl it wide, you can go for runs because it's a true wicket. The way Naseem and Shaheen start with the new ball, getting early wickets, it gives me confidence and I also get an idea of how the wicket is behaving. We also keep chatting with each other. The way our players are batting, they are in form also, so hopefully we can chase this."