Pakistan defeat Bangladesh in second T20 taking decisive lead

Lahore: Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 57 runs in the second T20I of the series to take a decisive 2-0 lead in the 3-match series.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat in the match played at the Gaddafi Stadium.

Opener Saim Ayub was dismissed for 4 runs, while Sahibzada Farhan and Muhammad Haris shared a 103-run partnership for the second wicket off 54 balls.

Muhammad Haris scored 41 runs off 25 balls, and Sahibzada Farhan scored 74 runs off 41 balls, both of whom hit a total of 8 sixes and 8 fours.

Agha Salman was dismissed for 19, and Shadab Khan for 7 runs. Hassan Nawaz played at a strike rate of 200 in the second match as well and scored an unbeaten innings of 51 runs off 26 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 2 fours. Faheem Ashraf was dismissed on the last ball, scoring one run. Thus, Pakistan scored 201 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.

Bangladesh's Hassan Mahmood and Tanzeem Hassan took 2 wickets each.

In pursuit of the target, Bangladeshi opener Tanzeem Hassan started aggressively, but wickets kept falling from the other end.

Tanzeem was dismissed for 33 runs, after which 7 players returned to the pavilion for 77 runs. In the late orders, he scored 50, and Mehdi Hassan played an innings of 23 runs. Thus, the Bangladesh team was bundled out for 144 runs and had to face defeat by 57 runs. Pakistan's Abrar Ahmed dismissed three players.

It is pertinent to note that Pakistan has won a T20 series on home soil for the first time in four years.