Pak vs Ban: Bangladesh elect to bat first towards Pakistan

Bangladesh, then again, have failed to search out their type even after a dismal T20 World Cup marketing campaign. Their batting was unable to resist the Pakistani bowling onslaught, failing to present a tricky time to Pakistan’s tempo battery in every of the three-match T20 sequence.

So far as the head-to-head file goes, Pakistan have performed three sequence in Bangladesh and received 5 of the six Exams the 2 groups have performed. Pakistan’s final win got here in Dhaka, in Might 2015, once they trounced Bangladesh by 328 runs.

Azhar Ali and Mushfiqur Rahim are the one gamers from both sides who’re nonetheless playingh

Azhar had scored 226 and 25, whereas Mushfiq scored 12 and nil as Azhar walked away with the participant of the match, which can even be remembered for hundreds of years from Younis Khan (148) and Asad Shafiq (107) in addition to match figures of 36.3-7-128-7 by Yasir Shah, who will miss the sequence as he’s but to recuperate from a thumb damage he sustained through the Nationwide T20.

Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (vice-captain, wicketkeeper), Abdullah Shafique, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Hasan Ali, Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan and Shaheen Shah Afridi

Bangladesh: Mominul Haque (captain), Shadman Islam, Saif Hasan, Najmul Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das, Nurul Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nayeem Hasan, Taijul Islam, Ebadot Hossain Chowdhury, Abu Jayed Chowdhury, Yasir Ali, Mahmudul Hasan, Rejaur Rahman.