Mushfiqur, Mustafizur lead Bangladesh to Asia Cup final

ABU DHABI: Mushfiqur Rahim scored a fighting 99 to beam Bangladesh into a Asia Cup final with a convincing 37-run win over Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

The former skipper missed out a honourable century though still carried Bangladesh from a unsafe 12-3 to 239 all out in 49.5 overs before they kept Pakistan down to 202-9 in 50 overs during Sheikh Zayed Stadium.

Mashrafe Mortaza’s group will now face fortifying champions India in a final in Dubai on Friday, with an opportuntiy to win a continental pretension for a initial time.

Bangladesh’s feat will dissapoint millions of fans around a universe who wanted another Indo-Pak strife as a dual matches in a initial and second turn unsuccessful to live adult to their billing, with India winning both in biased affairs.

But Bangladesh were estimable winners on Wednesday.

Bangladesh bowled with fortify with left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman heading a container with 4-43 as Pakistan nonetheless again batted feeble with usually opener Imam-ul-Haq fighting tough by a difficult 105-ball 82.

Imam, who strike dual fours and a six, hold a innings together and combined 67 for a fourth wicket with Shoaib Malik (30) and another 71 for a seventh wicket with Asif Ali (31).

However, both Imam and Asif fell in unbroken overs to give Bangladesh usually their fifth win over Pakistan in 36 one-day internationals.

Pakistan got off to a catastrophic start when opener Fakhar Zaman holed out off a fifth smoothness of a initial over, held off spinner Mehidy Hasan.

Left-armer Mustafizur afterwards private Babar Azam (one) and Sarfraz Ahmed (10) to leave Pakistan in rags during 18-3 before Malik and Imam brought some reduction in a chase.

It was Rahim who built Bangladesh’s innings after it also got off to a misfortune probable start.

Rahim faced 116 balls and combined an useful 144 for a fourth wicket with Mithun (60) to assistance Bangladesh redeem from a unsure 12-3 after they won a toss and and opted to bat.

Left-arm paceman Junaid Khan, who transposed Mohammad Amir, had jolted Bangladesh during a start, dismissing Liton Das (six), Soumya Sarkar (0) and Mominul Haque (five).

Junaid finished with 4-19 in his 9 satirical overs.

Rahim strike 9 bounds before he was held behind with only one indispensable for a second hundred in a tournament, following his 144 opposite Sri Lanka in a initial round.

It was perfect bad fitness that he fell in a 42nd over, held behind off paceman Shaheen Shah who finished with 2-47. Rahim became a initial Bangladeshi batsman to be discharged for 99 in one-day cricket.

Mithun, who combined 134 with Rahim opposite Sri Lanka, strike 4 bounds in his 84-ball innings.—AFP

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