Tigers crush Pakistan to reach Asia Cup final

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Tigers have crushed Pakistan by five wickets to reach Asia Cup final at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur in city on Wednesday.

Winning the toss, Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi captain elected to bat first and scored 129-run losing seven wickets from their 20-over quota.

Sarfraz Ahmed scored 58 runs facing 42 balls while; Shoaib Malik scored 41 runs for Pakistan.

Bangladesh bowlers Al-Amin Hossain bagged three wickets. Besides, Arafat Sunny took two crucial wickets while, Taskin Ahmed and Mashrafe Mortaza picked up one wicket each in the first innings.

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Bangladesh Squad: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Sabbir Rahman, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim, 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Nurul Hasan (wk), 8 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 9 Al-Amin Hossain, 10 Abu Hider, 11 Taskin Ahmed

Pakistan could take out Khurram Manzoor and include Imad Wasim but there is unlikely to be any place for Anwar Ali.

Pakistan Squad: 1 Sharjeel Khan, 2 Mohammad Hafeez, 3 Khurram Manzoor, 4 Umar Akmal, 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Shahid Afridi (capt), 7 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 8 Mohammad Sami, 9 Mohammad Amir, 10 Mohammad Nawaz, 11 Mohammad Irfan.

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