New Delhi. Today (September 7) the first match of Super 4 in Asia Cup will be played between Pakistan and Bangladesh. Both the teams are fully prepared for this. Both the teams have won 1-1 so far in Asia Cup 2023. Today’s match will be very important for both the teams. Bangladesh team can look confident in this match. Because his record in the last five ODIs against Pakistan has been excellent.
Bangladesh have won a total of 4 out of the last 4 ODI matches against Pakistan. While Pakistan team has managed to win only one match. In the year 2015, in an ODI series, Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by 79 runs in the first match in Mirpur. After 2 days again defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets. The Bangladesh team did not stop here. After 2 days again defeated Pakistan by 8 wickets. Tamim Iqbal was voted ‘Player of the Series’ in this ODI series due to his brilliant batting.
Talking about the fourth match, after 3 years both the teams faced each other in Abu Dhabi in the year 2018. Where Pakistan once again faced defeat from Bangladesh. Bangladesh defeated him by 37 runs. The fifth and last time the two teams met at Lord’s was in 2019. There, Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 94 runs. Now it will be seen who wins the first match of Super 4 of Asia Cup this year. This match will be played in Lahore.
Squads of Both Teams:
Pakistan squad for Asia Cup- Babar Azam (capt), Abdullah Shafiq, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul Haq, Salman Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Taib Tahir, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jr. , Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi.
Bangladesh squad for Asia Cup Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Liton Das, Tanzeed Hasan Tamim, Nazmul Hussain Shanto, Tauheed Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mamhood, Mehdi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Shamim Hussain, Aarif Hussain, Shouf Hussain. Hussain.Islam, Ibadot Hussain and Mohammad Naeem.
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First published: September 06, 2023