New Zealand Tri Series 2022: Pakistan beat Bangladesh by seven wickets

Babar
made
55
and
Rizwan
went
on
to
68
to
help
guide
Pakistan
past
Bangladesh’s
total
of
173-6.
Pakistan
lost
Babar’s
wicket
and
another
in
the
13th
over
and
had
to
rely
on
Mohammad
Nawaz,
who
struck
an
unbeaten
45
from
20
balls
to
close
out
the
win.

There
was
a
flicker
of
concern
when
Rizwan
holed
out
in
the
deep
in
the
19th
over
with
Pakistan
needing
nine
from
seven
balls.
At
the
start
of
the
last
over
it
needed
eight
from
six
balls
but
with
seven
wickets
in
hand
and
Nawaz
still
at
the
crease,
Pakistan
was
in
command.

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Asif
Ali
took
a
streaky
single
from
the
first
ball
and
Nawaz
played
an
overhead
tennis
shot
from
the
second
ball
for
two.
Nawaz
continued
to
find
gaps
in
the
field
for
two
runs
until
a
four
behind
point
by
Nawaz
from
the
fifth
ball
of
the
over
clinched
the
win.

“I
think
if
you
give
a
chance
to
the
Bangladesh
bowlers
they
don’t
make
it
easy
because
they
bowl
very
well,”
Rizwan
said.

“You
have
to
bat
within
your
plan
because
chasing
a
target
is
always
difficult
and
you
must
keep
wickets
in
hand.

“I
would
give
credit
to
Nawaz
for
the
way
he
batted
on
this
wicket.
If
you
ask
me
honestly,
the
Bangladesh
bowlers
bowled
extremely
well
but
Nawaz
innings
was
the
moment
that
changed
the
whole
match.”

The
match
was
the
last
in
the
round-robin
section
of
the
tri-series
and
came
after
the
tournament
finalists
already
had
been
determined.
Pakistan
and
New
Zealand
will
meet
in
the
final
on
Friday
(October
14).

Bangladesh
finished
the
tournament
without
a
win
but
still
picked
up
some
momentum
ahead
of
the
Twenty20
World
Cup
in
Australia
later
this
month.

The
team’s
total
on
Thursday
(October
13)
was
its
best
of
the
tournament
and
its
third-best
against
Pakistan
in
a
T20
international.

Litton
Das
made
69
and
captain
Shakib
Al
Hasan
68
to
provide
137
runs
out
of
Bangladesh’s
total
of
173-6.
Their
runs
came
from
only
84
balls.

“I
think
we
played
our
best
cricket
today,”
Shakib
said.
“We
could
have
scored
maybe
a
few
more
runs
in
the
last
over.
The
impression
we
wanted
to
get
from
this
series,
we
got
that,
so
it’s
up
to
us
to
express
ourselves
and
do
something
good
for
the
country.

“I
think
from
a
management
point
of
view
we
are
very
clear
now
on
the
team
which
will
play
in
the
World
Cup
which
is
what
exactly
we
were
looking
for.”