PAK vs BAN ODI: Pakistan cricket team is going through a very bad phase. In the recently concluded 2026 T20 World Cup, the Pakistan team under the captaincy of Salman Agha could not progress beyond the Super-8. After the T20 tournament, the team is playing the next series against Bangladesh. ODI series is being played between Pakistan and Bangladesh. The poor condition of Pakistan is visible in this series also.
In fact, in the first match of the ODI series, Pakistan had to face defeat by 8 wickets against Bangladesh, after which former team player Basit Ali made a big statement saying that coach Mike Hesson should be shot first. However, he said this in gestures. Apart from this, Basit Ali also raised questions on the coach’s strategy.
Basit Ali’s statement
Speaking on his YouTube channel, Basil Ali said, “First of all shoot that guy (pointing towards coach Mike Hesson) who asked him to score at least 60 runs in the powerplay. He has never played cricket on the field, he just hands over a paper. Didn’t he see how the conditions are here. Didn’t he know that India had also lost in Bangladesh.”
condition of competition
In the first ODI played in Dhaka, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl. Pakistan team, which came out to bat, was all out for just 114 runs in 30.4 overs. Faheem Ashraf played the biggest innings for the team and scored 37 runs in 47 balls with the help of 6 fours and 1 six. Apart from this, no other batsman could even touch the 30 run mark. A total of 8 batsmen of the team could not even touch double figures.
Then Bangladesh team came out for run chase and won in just 15.1 overs. Tanjid Hasan Tamim, who opened for the team, played the biggest innings and scored 67* runs in 42 balls with the help of 7 fours and 5 sixes.
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