Lahore: Opener Parvez Hossain Emon blasted a 34-ball 66 as Bangladesh compiled a respectable 196-6 in the third and final T20 International against Pakistan at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore today. Bangladesh are out to avoid a whitewash in the three-match series after losing the first two matches.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, after being sent to bat first, Bangladesh got a rapid start through Emon and his fellow opener Tanzid Hasan Tamim. They put on 110 runs in just 10.4 overs to lay a solid foundation, but the middle order couldn’t maintain the momentum, eventually restricting them below 200.
The partnership was broken with the dismissal of Tanzid, who made 42 off 32 with three fours and as many sixes. Emon, who smashed seven fours and four sixes in his audacious knock, followed Tanzid in the next over while trying to dispatch Shadab Khan with a high-risk slog sweep shot.
Towhid Hridoy then made 25, and skipper Liton Das added 22, but they couldn’t sustain an all-out attack. Hasan Ali and Abbas
Afridi took two wickets apiece and curbed the aggression of Bangladeshi batters in the death overs.