Dhaka:Pakistan won the Asia Cup Final in a closely contested match against Bangladesh at the Shere Bangla
National Stadium. Chasing 237 for the win, Bangladesh fell short by 3 runs.
After being put into bat by Bangladesh
captain Mushfiqur Rahim, who always liked to chase throughout the
tournament, Pakistan could not bat impressively against accurate bowling
and alert fielding from the hosts.
Nazimuddin’s clueless crawl of an innings put pressure on Bangladesh
despite Tamim Iqbal’s fourth consecutive half-century and left them
facing a daunting asking-rate at the halfway mark of their chase.
Tamim’s departure to Younis Khan’s third sharp catch further increased
the pressure on the hosts in their first
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