Pakistan Defeat Bangladesh To Set Up Asia Cup Final With India

Pakistan Will Face India In The Asia Cup Final For The First Time After Their Bowlers Rebounded From Poor Batting To Outplay Bangladesh In An 11-Run Victory On Thursday.

Bangladesh Fast Bowler Taskin Ahmed Took 3-28 As Pakistan’s Batters Struggled On The Sticky Dubai Stadium Pitch In Their Last Super Four Match, Posting A Modest 135-8 In 20 Overs.

Pakistan Mounted A Comeback Through Pacers Shaheen Shah Afridi (3-17) And Haris Rauf (3-33), Restricting Bangladesh To 124-9 In 20 Overs And Securing A Spot In Sunday’s Final Against India.

Shamim Hossain Top-Scored For Bangladesh With A 25-Ball 30, While Saif Hassan Added 18.

Pakistan’s Second Win In The Super Four Stage Set Them Up For A Third Clash Against Archrivals India.

They Had Lost Both Previous Meetings With Their Neighbors In The Tournament, With Both Encounters Marked By Controversy.

India Players Refused To Shake Hands With Pakistan After The First Match, And The Two Sides Also Did Not Shake Hands After The Second.

Pakistan Skipper Salman Agha Said He Was Eager To Face India Again.

“We Are Very Excited,” Said Agha. “We Know What We Need To Do, And We Are A Good Enough Team To Beat Anyone. We Will Come On Sunday And Try To Beat Them.”

Earlier, Taskin Was Supported By Spinners Rishad Hossain (2-18) And Mahedi Hasan (2-28), Who Kept Pakistan In Check After They Were Sent In To Bat.

Pakistan Lost Wickets Regularly, With Taskin Removing Opener Sahibzada Farhan For Four Off The Fourth Ball, While Hasan Dismissed Saim Ayub For His Fourth Duck Of The Tournament.

Fakhar Zaman Scored 13, And Captain Salman Agha Added 19 As Pakistan Slumped To 49-5.

A Seventh-Wicket Stand Of 38 Between Mohammad Haris (31) And Mohammad Nawaz (25) Helped Pakistan Add 52 Runs In The Last Five Overs.

Haris Hit Two Boundaries And A Six, While Nawaz’s 15-Ball Knock Included Two Sixes And A Boundary.

Shaheen, Dropped Twice By Bangladesh Fielders, Smacked Two Sixes In His Quick 13-Ball 19.