ASIA CUP 2012
HOST: BANGLADESH
TEAMS: INDIA,
SRILANKA, BANGLADESH, PAKISTAN
MATCH 1: PAKISTAN VS
BANGLADESH
Pakistan 262/8 in 50
overs
Bangladesh 241/10 in
48.1 overs
Date: 11th
March 2012
Pakistan Beat
Bangladesh in Opening Ceremony
What a match! A sad
end for the home team and a perfect start for Pakistan. Mohammad Hafeez and
Umar Gul put in impressive all-round performances as Pakistan posted an
exciting 21-run victory over Bangladesh in the opening match of the Asia Cup
tournament on Sunday. Opener Hafeez top-scored with a solid 89 and then grabbed
two wickets, while Gul made a crucial 39 and took three wickets before Pakistan
bowled Bangladesh out for 241 after posting 262-8 in the day-night match in
Dhaka.
The duo upstaged
Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who sustained his team's hopes with a
66-ball 64 before being the last man out. Hafeez was named man of the match. The
hosts were struggling at 135-5, but Shakib and Nasir Hossain (47) gave some
anxious moments to Pakistan with an 89-run stand for the sixth wicket.
Bangladeshi opener
Tamim Iqbal, initially dropped from the squad by the country's cricket chief
before being added as a 15th member, scored 64 with the help of one six and six
fours. But Hafeez bowled well-set Tamim and trapped Mohammad Mahmudullah
leg-before with his next delivery before Gul dismissed Nasir and Shakib to
complete Pakistan's victory.
Pakistan were earlier
well placed at 160-1 following a 135-run stand for the opening wicket between
Hafeez and Nasir Jamshed (54) before they lost six wickets for just 38 runs. Paceman
Shahadat Hossain (3-53) and left-arm spinner Shakib (2-41) did the damage, but
Gul added 53 vital runs for the eighth wicket with Sarfraz Ahmed (19 not out).
Pakistan made a
steady start after being put in to bat as Hafeez and Jamshed batted confidently
against both pace and spin, playing some handsome shots during their 27.5-over
stand. Jamshed, who played his last one-dayer in August 2009, hit one six and
five fours in his 64-ball knock before he was run out soon after completing his
fifth half-century.
Shahadat started
Pakistan's slide when he dismissed Younis Khan (12), Hafeez and Asad Shafiq
(four) in successive overs. Hafeez looked set to reach his fourth one-day
hundred before he was caught by Shafiul Islam at square-leg while attempting to
pull Shahadat. He hit seven fours in his 126-ball knock.
Shakib removed Umar
Akmal (21) and then held a return catch in the same over to account for Shahid
Afridi after fumbling twice before finally holding the ball as it ricocheted
off non-striker Misbah-ul-Haq. Afridi, who was just one short of 7,000 one-day
runs, failed to open his account.
Defending champions
India and Sri Lanka are the other teams in the fray. Each side will play the
other once in the round-robin league, with the top two advancing to the final
on March 22.
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