Pakistan batsmen have scored 129-run losing seven wickets from their 20-over quota against Bangladesh in the eighth match of Asia Cup 2016 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 in the Twenty20 Asia Cup. 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. Tigers are getting close to that stage of the Asia Cup when a place in the final is the only thing in their mind. A confident Bangladesh side will have one eye on the grand finale of the Asia Cup Twenty20. Bangladesh were on fire against Sri Lanka, putting aside their T20 conservatism and taking the game by the collar. Pakistan, who opened their account against UAE on Monday night after getting walloped by India, have a lot to do, and the first thing will be to beat Bangladesh, who are ahead of them by two points after their wins over UAE and Sri Lanka, and will have a clearer path to the final if they can win this contest. Tamim Iqbal will return to the XI, most likely in place of Mohammad Mithun, while Abu Hider could replace the injured Mustafizur Rahman. 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.
