Bangladesh made a good start against Pakistan in their last Super 12 Round match of the T20 World Cup at the Oval Ground in Adelaide.
Bangladesh lost Liton Das early in the innings after opting to bat first. Liton fell prey to Shaheen Afridi in the third over after hitting a six in the same over. It was a short ball. Liton tried to keep it down but failed. Shawn Masood took an easy catch.
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At the end of eight overs, Bangladesh were batting at 56 for 1. Najmul Hossain Shanto and Soumya were not out for 35* and 9*, respectively.
Bangladesh made three changes to their playing XI for this match: Soumya Sarkar, Nasum Ahmed, and Ebadot Hossain were included in place of Yasir Ali, Hasan Mahmud, and Shoriful Islam.
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Najmul Hossain Shanto, Soumya Sarkar, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan (c), Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan (w), Mosaddek Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Nasum Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman
Pakistan (Playing XI): Mohammad Rizwan (w), Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Haris, Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi
If Bangladesh win this game, they will qualify for the semifinals, but if they lose, Pakistan will advance to the next phase after South Africa suffered a shock defeat to the Netherlands team earlier in Adelaide.
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Bangladesh have a poor record against Pakistan, winning only two matches out of 17 T20Is. The Tigers are having a solid start against Pakistan in this much-important T20 World Cup contest for a berth in the semifinals.
Source: United News of Bangladesh