Bangladesh lost the fight, Afridi stormed and Pakistan won by 3 wickets

The Dhaka Times Desk Bangladesh had to lose by 3 wickets in the third match of the Asia Cup with Pakistan despite a huge target of 327 runs due to Afridi storm.

Shakib Al Hasan's return from a three-match ban and 4 changes to the team have boosted the team tremendously when the team's confidence was at rock bottom after losing their first two matches badly.

Bangladesh team captain Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and decided to bat. It didn't take long to realize that his decision was right. The two opening batsmen Enamul Haque and Imrul Kayes gave Bangladesh a great start.

Opener Enamul Haque hit six fours and four sixes off 120 balls to bring up his maiden Asia Cup century. On the other hand, another batsman Imrul Kayes has also brought up his half century. After more than two years, Imrul was successful in the first ODI match. His innings of 75 balls had 5 fours and 2 sixes. On the other hand, Anamul scored his own hundred runs and was dismissed by Ajmal. After that, Mominul formed a great partnership with Musfiq and got out for 51 runs. Musfiq took the rest with Shakib Al Hasan and crossed the 300-run quota.

Meanwhile, Pakistan's bowler Abdur Rehman added eight-eight runs to Bangladesh's run book! He was finally declared unfit to bowl in today's match after 3 successive balls. Saeed Ajmal took 2 wickets.

In response, the two Pakistani openers, who came down to bat in the beginning, played with understanding, but the end was not saved. After throwing a target of 326 runs, the Bangladesh bowlers caught Pakistan well in the bowling. But when Hafeez got out for 52 runs, both Mizba and Maqsood quickly went back to dressing room. But suddenly everything went wrong, Afridi stormed the game towards Pakistan, even though Afridi was dismissed for 59 runs, Fawad's bat did not stop. Meanwhile, Afridi

For Bangladesh, Mominul Haque got two wickets and Shakib Al Hasan and Abdur Razzak got one wicket each.

Summary Score:

Bangladesh- 326/3 over 50

Enamul Haque- 100, Imrul Kayes- 57, Mominul- 51, Musfiqur*-51, Shakib Al Hasan*-42

Pakistan- 329/7 over 30
Shehzad- 101, Hafeez- 52, Afridi-59, Fawad- 74

Result Pakistan won by 3 wickets.