Bangladesh vs. Pakistan, Twenty20 International: Highlights, Scorecard, Recap

Bangladesh maintained their winning run against Pakistan by triumphing in the one-off Twenty20 International by seven wickets in Mirpur on Friday.

Pakistan were restricted to 141 for five in their 20 overs after winning the toss and electing to bat at the Shere Bangla National Stadium.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Ahmed	st Mushfiqur Rahim	b Arafat Sunny	37	59	30	5	1
Shehzad	c Mortaza	b Taskin Ahmed	17	39	31	2	0
Shahid Afridi	c Mushfiqur Rahim	b Rahman	12	7	9	0	1
Haris Sohail	not out		30	47	24	0	1
Hafeez	lbw	b Rahman	26	25	18	4	0
Tanvir	run out (Rahman)		8	10	8	0	0
Extras		0nb 4w 2b 5lb	11
	Bowler		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
	Rahman		4	0	20	2
	Shakib		4	0	17	0
	Mortaza		4	0	29	0
	Arafat Sunny		2	0	23	1
	Taskin Ahmed		4	0	29	1
	Nasir Hossain		2	0	16	0

The Tigers reached the total with 22 balls to spare as they followed up their 3-0 whitewash in the one-day international series with another victory.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Tamim Iqbal	c Hafeez	b Gul	14	12	10	2	1
Sarkar	run out (Ajmal)		0	2	0	0	0
Shakib	not out		57	66	41	9	0
Mushfiqur Rahim		b Riaz	19	14	15	4	0
Rahman	not out		51	42	32	7	1
Extras		0nb 1w 0b 1lb	2
Bowler			Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Hafeez			1	0	14	0
Tanvir			3	0	16	0
Gul			2	0	23	1
Ajmal			3.2	0	25	0
Riaz			4	0	39	1
Shahid Afridi			3	0	25	0

The visitors failed to score off 49 balls in their innings as they spluttered to just in excess of seven runs an over.

Debutant opener Mukhtar Ahmed top scored with 37, but Ahmed Shehzad (17 off 31 balls) was stymied at the top of the order.

Captain Shahid Afridi was elevated to number three in the order and made 12 from nine balls before being given out, caught behind, despite not making any contact.

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the bat missed the ball by at least 10 good inches How on earth this was given out #BANvPAK pic.twitter.com/Cve0diny7i

— Ali de shayk (@aliiovo) April 24, 2015"

He was one of two victims for Mustafizur Rahman, who also trapped Mohammad Hafeez lbw for 26, and he conceded only 20 runs from his four overs while Shakib Al Hasan went for just 17 in his allocation.

Tamim Iqbal, fresh off two centuries in the limited overs series, immediately took the attack to Pakistan as he hit Hafeez for 14 from the opening four balls of Bangladesh’s reply.

However, debutant Soumya Sarkar was run out, without facing, off the fifth ball, and Tamim failed to add to his 14 as he was caught by Hafeez off Umar Gul.

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Soumya Sarkar hit 127* in his last game. Today, he is run out for 0 off 0 http://t.co/9RZEd5Wx3l #BANvPAK #GloriousUncertainties

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) April 24, 2015"

Bangladesh were 44 for three at the end of the powerplay after Mushfiqur Rahim (19) played on to Wahab Riaz, but Shakib and Sabbir Rahman shared a vital fourth-wicket stand.

Shakib made 57 from 41 balls and Sabbir hit 51 from 32, a maiden T20 half-century, in a 105-run partnership as the Tigers coasted home.

The teams commence the first of two Tests in Khulna on Tuesday.