CHRISTCHURCH: Mohammad Nawaz hustled Pakistan’s run rate as the green shirts pursued down 174 runs with seven wickets in hands against Bangladesh in the T20I tri-series here today.

PAK Vs BAN match and Bangladesh gave a target of 174. Set to pursue 174 runs in 20 overs, Pakistan’s openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan got going with their regular game. The two openers, who are frequently reprimanded for slow run rate, indeed scored runs at a lower strike rate.

In any case, they set out a strong starting point for Pakistan in show pursuit of scoring 101 off 76 balls.

Consecutive wickets in the thirteenth over terrified the Pakistani fans following the unfortunate type of center request batting. Babar got out in the wake of scoring 55 off 40 balls including nine limits.

Haider Ali went for no good reason as tension developed indeed in Pakistan. Yet, Nawaz remained steadfast and crushed 45 off 20 balls bound with five limits and a six.

Nawaz and Rizwan scored 64 along with a significant contribution by the left-given player. With a scoring pace of 225, Nawaz paced Pakistan’s inning when required the most.

Hasan Mahmud device two wickets for Bangladesh while Soumya Sarkar stowed one.

Prior, Shakib Al Hasan and Liton Das captured everyone’s attention before Mohammad Wasim Jr dumbfounded a splendid keep going for Pakistan.

Shakib’s wicket in the subsequent last over halted the progression of runs for Bangladesh under tension. Wasim surrendered only three runs while packing two wickets to assist Pakistan in restricting Bangladesh to 173-6 out of 20 overs.

With an adjustment of the dead elastic challenge of the T20I tri-series, Pakistan was selected to bowl first. Having everything to gain by just going for it, Bangladesh lost Soumya Sarkar before yet Liton conveyed things for Bangladesh who is as of now out of the last match.

Liton and opener Najmul Hossain Shanto scored 34 off 21 to give solidness to Bangladesh. Najmul scored 12 preceding tumbling to Wasim in the 6th over.

Shakib then joined Liton for the most elevated organization of the principal innings. The two players took the spotlight by scoring 88 off 55 balls to assist Bangladesh in recuperating from 41-2 to 129-3.

Liton scored 69 off 42 balls including six limits and two sixes while Shakib hit the ball to the fence multiple times and over the limit rope threefold to score 68 runs off however many balls Liton had.

Naseem and Wasim sacked two wickets each while Mohammad Nawaz took one.

Babar Azam Breaks Record of Virat Kohli

It seems to be Babar Azam has made a propensity for breaking Virat Kohli’s records. The 27-year-old finished his 11,000 Global Runs in the 251st innings though Virat had done it in 261 innings. Babar has scored 3,122 runs from 75 innings of 42 Tests, 4664 runs from 90 innings of 92 ODIs, and 3216 from 86 innings of 91 T20Is.

The dapper hitter has additionally outperformed Indian Legend Sunil Gavaskar’s record as well; Gavaskar had accomplished the accomplishment in 262. Pakistani Legend Javed Miandad had penetrated the 11,000 runs mark in 266 innings.

Babar Azam Outperforms Rohit Sharma

The Right-Hand Batsman scored their 29th T20I 50 in his 91st innings outperforming Rohit Sharma who has 28 half-hundreds of years to his name. Babar has turned into the second player with the most number of half-Centuries years.

Virat Kohli, who beat the world-class list, where he has crushed 33 Fifties over the years. Babar has further developed his strike rate and in particular, he isn’t tossing his beginning.

Babar would trust that he proceeds with his great structure in the last of the Tri-Series against New Zealand. A Tri series triumph would do ponders for the group in front of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022. There are still worries over the center request which should be tended to rapidly as each time Babar won’t win matches for the group.

PAK Vs BAN Toss

Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat first against Pakistan in the T20I tri-series dead elastic here today.

PAK Vs BAN Playing XIs

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan, Shan Masood, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Asif Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Hasnain

Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Najmul Hossain Shanto, Soumya Sarkar, Litton Das, Afif Hossain, Yasir Ali, Nurul Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud