Bangladesh vs. Pakistan, 3rd One-Day International: Highlights, Scorecard, Recap

Bangladesh completed a historic 3-0 clean sweep in the one-day international series against Pakistan in Mirpur on Wednesday.

Pakistan made 250 in the third and final match after winning the toss and electing to bat at the Shere Bangla National Stadium.

				Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s
Azhar Ali	Azhar Ali		b Shakib	101	164	112	10
Aslam	Aslam	c Mushfiqur Rahim	b Nasir Hossain	45	76	50	7
Hafeez	Hafeez		b Arafat Sunny	4	12	15	0
Haris Sohail	Haris Sohail	c Mushfiqur Rahim	b Mortaza	52	78	58	1
Rizwan	Rizwan	c and b Shakib		4	12	6	0
Fawad	Fawad	c Nasir Hossain	b Mortaza	4	18	9	0
Nasim	Nasim	c Taskin Ahmed	b Rubel Hossain	22	28	24	3
Riaz	Riaz	c Mortaza	b Rubel Hossain	7	10	8	1
Gul	Gul	run out (Shakib)		0	2	2	0
Zulfiqar Babar	Zulfiqar Babar	not out		1	11	4	0
Junaid Khan	Junaid Khan		b Arafat Sunny	4	6	6	0
Extras	Extras		0nb 5w 0b 1lb	6
	Bowler			Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
	Mortaza			10	0	44	2
	Taskin Ahmed			2	0	22	0
	Nasir Hossain			7	0	37	1
	Rubel Hossain			6	0	43	2
	Arafat Sunny			10	0	43	2
	Shakib			10	0	34	2
	Rahman			2	0	17	0
	Mahmudullah			2	0	9	0

The hosts reached the target for the loss of only two wickets as Soumya Sarkar scored a maiden ODI century.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Tamim Iqbal	lbw	b Junaid Khan	64	110	76	8	1
Sarkar	not out		127	182	110	13	6
Mahmudullah		b Junaid Khan	4	11	10	1	0
Mushfiqur Rahim	not out		49	57	43	6	0
Extras		2nb 4w 0b 1lb	7
Bowler			Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Hafeez			8	1	37	0
Gul			7	0	53	0
Riaz			6	0	30	0
Junaid Khan			7.3	0	67	2
Zulfiqar Babar			10	0	56	0
Azhar Ali			1	0	7	0

New captain Azhar Ali led the way for Pakistan with a century, but a dramatic collapse saw his side lose their final eight wickets for 47 runs in 10.2 overs.

Azhar, who replaced Misbah-ul-Haq after Pakistan’s elimination in the quarter-finals of the World Cup, made 101 from 112 balls—his first ODI ton.

He put on 91 for the opening wicket with teenage debutant Sami Aslam, who made 45 from 50 balls.

After a third failure in a row from Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar shared a 98-run partnership with Haris Sohail before Shakib Al Hasan pegged back his off-stump with an arm ball in the 39th over.

Haris (45) departed four balls later, and then Pakistan buckled with only Saad Nasim (22) reaching double figures as they were all out in 49 overs.

In the Tigers' reply, Soumya and Tamim Iqbal put on 145 for the opening wicket to create a superb foundation.

Tamim missed out on a third consecutive century in the series as he departed lbw to Junaid Khan in the 26th over after making 64.

Mahmudullah (4) fell in identical fashion in Junaid’s next over, but 22-year-old Soumya pushed on and reached his century from 94 balls.

He finished on 127 not out, with 13 boundaries and six maximums, while Mushfiqur Rahim was unbeaten on 49 after hitting the winning boundary off Junaid Khan with a massive 63 balls to spare.

The teams next play a one-off Twenty20 International on Friday.