Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 8 runs in second T20I

Dhaka (Web Desk/AFP): In the second T-20 International of three-match series, Bangladesh beat Pakistan by eight runs in Dhaka.

Bating first, Bangladesh scored 133 runs, all out in stipulated twenty overs. In reply, Pakistan team could score 125 runs in 19.2 overs.

Pacers Salman Mirza and debutant Ahmed Daniyal grabbed two wickets apiece to restrict Bangladesh to 133 all out in the second Twenty20 international in Dhaka on Tuesday.

Mirza finished with 2-17 and Daniyal took 2-23 after Pakistan won the toss and sent Bangladesh into bat on another slow-paced pitch.

Jaker Ali hit a fiery 48-ball 55 for his third T20I fifty, smashing five sixes and a boundary before holing out off the final delivery of the 20th over.

Fast bowler Abbas Afridi also grabbed 2-37.

Bangladesh lead the three-match series 1-0 after winning the first match – also at the same venue – by seven wickets.

Bangladesh had lost four wickets by sixth over for 28 before Jaker and Mahedi Hasan revived the innings with a 53-run stand for the fifth wicket.

Mahedi scored a 25-ball 33 with two sixes and as many boundaries.

Earlier, Pakistan elected to bowl first after winning the toss against Bangladesh in the second clash of the three-match T20I series at the Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka on Tuesday.

Pakistan and Bangladesh have met 23 times in T20 internationals, with Pakistan winning 19 matches and Bangladesh securing victory on just four occasions

Pakistan XI: Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Haris (WK), Hasan Nawaz, Salman Agha(C), Mohammad Nawaz, Khushdil Shah, Faheem Ashraf, Abbas Afridi, Salman Mirza, Ahmed Daniyal

Bangladesh XI: Parvez Hossain Emon, Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das (C/WK), Towhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Jaker Ali, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman