Bangladesh has defeated Pakistan by 11 runs in the third ODI match. With this, Bangladesh has won the 3-match ODI series 2-1. Salman Agha played a century, while Shaheen Afridi also kept fighting till the end, but could not avert Pakistan’s defeat. In this match played in Dhaka, Bangladesh batted first and scored 290 runs. In reply, Pakistan team could score only 279 runs in the stipulated 50 overs.
This is the seventh time in the history of ODI cricket that Bangladesh has defeated Pakistan. Thanks to Tanjid Hasan’s century inning of 107 runs, Bangladesh had scored 290 runs while batting first. This is the first century of Tanjid Hasan in his ODI career.
Salman Agha’s century did not work
Pakistan team, which came to chase the target of 291 runs, had a very bad start, because till the score of just 17, 3 wickets had fallen. The process of falling wickets was continuing, from Sahibzada Farhan to Mohammad Rizwan also flopped. As a result, Pakistan had lost 5 wickets by the time the score reached 82.
Meanwhile, Salman Agha and Saad Masood made the Pakistan team out of trouble by making a partnership of 79 runs. Salman made a partnership of 48 runs with Faheem Ashraf and also made a partnership of 52 runs with Shaheen Afridi. The hopes of victory for the Pakistan team were increasing, but then in the 48th over, Salman Aga was out on the score of 106.
28 runs needed in 2 overs
Pakistan had to score 28 runs in the last 2 overs to win. Shaheen Afridi seemed to be in good touch and Afridi had hit 2 sixes in the first 3 balls of the over. But Mustafizur Rahman made a strong comeback and dismissed Haris Rauf on the last ball of the over. Rishad Hussain completed the rest of the work. Afridi was not able to hit the ball in the last over.
