Pakistan Takes Best Spot After Defeating Bangladesh in Tri-Series Opener
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Pakistan and Bangladesh opened their tri-nation tournament campaign in New Zealand with the Men in Green comfortably winning by 21 runs at Hagley Oval, Christchurch.
As a result of the win, the Babar Azam-led side moved to the top of the points table and will face the host team in the second match of the tournament on Saturday, October 8 at the same venue.
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The men in green bounced back after losing two consecutive T20Is in the seven-match T20 series against England to seal a 4-3 series win for the visitors last week.
Talking about the game, Pakistan posted a modest 167 runs on board thanks to Mohammad Rizwan"s stunning half-century after Nurul Hasan won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat first.
The opening duo of Babar-Rizwan stitched another fifty-plus opening stand in the shortest format of the game before Babar lost the wicket to Mehidy Hasan after scoring 24 off 25 including four boundaries. The rest of the batsmen again failed to impress as the Bangladeshi bowlers did well to restrict the batting unit.
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Right-arm pacer, Mohammad Wasim Jr. and left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz bowled exceptionally and took three and two wickets respectively. Shahnawaz Dahani, Haris Rauf and Shadab took one wicket each as Pakistan restricted Bangladesh to 146/8 in their 20 overs.
