T20 WC:
Pakistan edge Bangladesh to get surprise semifinal entry
ADELAIDE Pakistan came from behind to bespeak the semifinal situation of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in an intriguing turn of events on an action- filled Sunday as they beat Bangladesh by five lattices.
The two brigades were contending for the semifinal spot in a virtual knockout game after Proteas had earlier faced an worried defeat at the hands of the Netherlands in the first institution of Sunday’s tripleheader, which excluded South Africa from the race for the final four.
Shaheen Afridi stormed through the lower middle order as he seized four lattices abetting Pakistan to circumscribe Bangladesh to127/8.
Set to chase a stingy target, Pakistan batters held their jitters strong as Pakistan openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan raised a conservative 57- run cooperation in 63 balls before youthful Mohammad Haris played a superb gem of 18- ball 31 to steer Pakistan to a comfortable position in the chase.
Commander Babar fell prey to left- arm incentive Nasum Ahmed after scoring 25 off 33 in the 11th over while Rizwan( 32 off 32) followed the suit and got caught at the point in the veritably next over when he tried to slash medium leader, Ebadot Hussain.
Shan Masood, on the other hand, minced in with a skilful unbeaten 24 off 14 to take the side home.
Concluding to club first, Bangladesh failed to post a big aggregate on the board thanks to phenomenal death bowling by the Green Shirts who offered just 21 runs while taking four lattices in the last four overs of the innings.
Left- arm leader Shaheen produced his stylish bowling numbers since coming back from an injury in the event as he returned4/22 in his four overs share.
Nature Najmul Hossain Shanto top- scored for his side as he played a conservative knock of 54 off 48 laced with seven boundaries while the Pakistan bowlers tested Bangladesh fur throughout the innings.
Shaheen handed the first advance to Pakistan as he got relieve of peril man Litton Das, who played a sensational knock in the former game against India, in the third over after team scored 10scores off balls8.
Soumya Sarkar also joined Shanto on the crinkle and anchored the Bangladesh innings with a gallant 52- run cooperation to take the scoreboard73/1 in10.2 overs before leg incentive Shadab Khan made back- to- back strikes to jolt the fur line.
Sarkar was taken at the point after he scored 20 off 17 while commander Shakib Al Hasan walked back on golden duck after a confused leg before gate while the third arbiter also jounced to the onfield arbiter’s decision.
Following the debacle, Bangladesh remained unfit to control the damage as they started to lose lattices at regular intervals with the last five batters failing to reach the double numbers.
For Pakistan, piecemeal from Shaheen, Shadab pocketed two lattices while Haris Rauf and Iftikhar Ahmed also took a crown each.
