Bangladesh tigers prey on Pakistan, beat them 2-0 to create history with 1 match to go

Bangladesh tigers prey on Pakistan, beat them 2-0 to create history with 1 match to go: Bangladesh created history by defeating Pakistan in a bilateral series for the first time as they got the better off their Asian rivals in the second consecutive match. After a 79 run victory in the first match at Mirpur a couple of days ago, the tigers beat Pakistan by 7 wickets in the same venue to seal the three match series 2-0 with the last match to be played on Tuesday.

Chasing 240 to win, Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal yet again scored a hundred and laid the foundation stone for the chase. Tamim, along with Soumya Sarkar and Mahmudullah crossed the 100 run mark in the first 14 overs before he shared a 118 run partnership for the third wicket with Mushfiqur Rahim, who scored 65. Tamim remained unbeaten on a run a ball 116 which included 17 fours and a six and saw his team home with nearly 12 overs to spare.

Earlier put into bat, Pakistan were off to a poor start losing Sarfraz Ahmed and Mohammad Hafeez early in their innings and were reduced for 77-5 in 22 overs. Saad Nasim’s maiden ODI fifty (77 not-out) and Wahab Riaz’s unbeaten 52 took the visitors to 239 in 50 overs.

Brief scores: Pakistan 239 for 6 (Saad Nasim 77*, Wahab Riaz 51*, Shakib Al Hasan 2-51) lost to Bangladesh 240 for 3 (Tamim Iqbal 116*, Mushfiqur Rahim 65) by seven wickets.

Here are some of the stats related to the match:

• This is Bangladesh’s first ever ODI series win against Pakistan.
• This is Pakistan’s 5th consecutive bilateral series loss in ODIs. They haven’t won any series since beating Sri Lanka 3-2 in UAE in 2013.
• Tamim Iqbal becomes third Bangladesh batsman to score back to back 100s in ODIs. Shariar Nafees and Mahmudullah are the other two.
• Since 2010, Mohammad Hafeez has scored 9 ducks in ODIs, the joint-most for Pakistan. Wahab Riaz and Saeed Ajmal are the other two with nine ducks.