DHAKA: Bangladesh have progressed into the final of Asia Cup-2016 by beating Pakistan by 5-wkt with 5-ball to spare at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in city.

Earlier, Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi won the toss and decided to bat first on Wednesday (March 2).

They scored 129 runs losing seven wickets in their 20-over quota.

Sarfraz Ahmed hit a blazing 58-run off 42 balls helping his team to reach the total. Besides, Shoaib Malik scored 41-run.

Of the Bangladesh bowlers, Arafat Sunny and Al-Amin Hossain picked up two wickets while Taskin Ahmed and Mashrafe Mortaza took one wicket each.

In response, Bangladesh scored 131-run in 19.1-over. Soumya Sarkar scored a strokeful 48-run while Mahmudullah hit a cameo of 22-run to take the hosts ashore.

Of the Pakistan bowlers, M Amir took two wickets while M Irfan, S Afridi and

Bangladesh had brought two changes in the must win match. Tamim Iqbal and Arafat Sunny are in replacing Mustafizur Rahman and Nurul Hasan.

BDST: 2310 HRS, MAR 02, 2016
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