In the last ball thriller, Pakistan showed resilience, winning by five wickets over Bangladesh and sweeping the T20 series 3-0 as the Tigers suffered their eighth consecutive defeat in the format.Chasing a target of 125 for victory, Pakistan's top order reached 117 for two in 19 overs after watching Mahmudullah's triple strike at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Monday.
Mahmudullah saved 6 runs in the last over and brought himself through Sarfaraz Ahmed (8) and Haider Ali (54). Iftikhar Ahmed started 90m sixes and the equation was raised to 2 for the same number of deliveries.
Mahmudullah took revenge on the next ball and defeated Pakistan by 123 runs for five wickets. The game begins when Mohammad Nawaz (4) moves and Mahmudullah throws his next ball when the new batsmen hit the ball stumps at the last minute.
Mahmudullah and his men gave up the demand for wickets as the batsmen did not give a shot, which he said at the end - he drove over the cover to ensure victory.
Mohammad Rizwan (40) and Haider (45) scored 51 for the third wicket after opener Babar Azam (19) was bowled by leg-break bowler Aminul Islam. Batsmen to free their weapons.
Debuting pacer Shahidul Islam picked up his first wicket when Rizwan delivered a good length before the death over to give hope to the Bangladeshi fans.
Earlier, Bangladesh batsmen failed to set competitive goals again. Still looking for an effective combination in their batting line-up, the hosts decided to bat and scored 124 for seven.
Opener Nazmul Hossain Shant (5) started with a boundary but Shahnawaz Dahani (1-24) was bowled. Shamim Hossain (22) added 30 runs for the second wicket with top scorer Mohammad Naeem (48 off 50 balls).
After Pokhraj's draw, Pakistani leg-breaker Usman Qadir (2-35) sent packing to Shamim, but Afif Hossain scored another 43 runs with Naeem in the counter-attack.
The pressure on the batsmen increased as the boundary dried up. Afif hit two sixes in the midwicket and took another drop from Usman for a comfortable catch in the short fine leg.
Shortly after Wasim Shant was dismissed, the home side scored 111 for five at the time of his death.
In the last four overs, Qadir and Wasim were out for 28 runs and the captain Mahmudullah (13) and Nurul Hasan died with two balls to spare after Bangladesh struggled to reach 120 runs.
Bangladesh have lost their previous two matches due to batting failure and are trailing 2-0 in the series. There will be two Tests after the series.
At the end of the game, Azam said, "The players are responsible for the way everyone has tried. You can always improve. Our middle order has won the match for us as our fielding has improved.
"No matter what mistake we make, we want to make sure it doesn't happen again in the upcoming match. We want to take this momentum to the Test match. I want to thank the fans here."
Man of the Series, Mohammad Rizwan says: “When you play for the country, you are obviously happy and you can't put it into words. The pitch was a tough one. And whenever you play away, you get to play on different pitches.
"But we try to stick to our process. In the last one year, I have gained some momentum in my batting and keeping. I want to thank the fans, it looks like we are playing in Pakistan.
Man of the match Haider Ali said: "The pitch was tough. Brother Riji supported me and said we wanted to play till the end. It was nearing the end but fortunately, we went to the winning team.
In the post-match ceremony, Mahmudullah said, “The batsmen of the two teams have fought. You need to spend some time at the crease before you can capitalize. I think Naeem batted well. [In the last over] I really appreciate the way Taskin came back from his bowling hand injury. Showed great character. "
There will be two Tests after the T20 series, the first of which will start on November 26 in Chittagong. The second five-day match will start from December 4 in Dhaka.
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