Bangladesh vs Pakistan, 8th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
PAK 129/7 (20.0 Ovs)
BAN 131/5 (19.1 Ovs)
Bangladesh won by 5 wkts
With that, I need to skip out of office and put my legs up on a featherbed. Pakistan keep doing this to all of us. So, the final is set. It will be Bangladesh vs India on the 6th of March. But we have some matches preceding that too. Join us for all of it. Till then, this is Sagar Chawla wrapping up on behalf of our scorer Mani and my co-commentators Pratyush Sinha, Raju Peethala and Abhishek Chaudhary. Goodbye!
Mortaza: "It's a big win for us. Almost like a semi-final. Told my boys to grab it. We will face many matches like this, so don't take any pressure. Good sign that Sarkar has come back in form. We coped with pressure nicely and obviously it's a big win for us. Just have to enjoy each other's company ahead of the final. Hopefully we'll do that and give our best. Always a pleasure to play in front of home crowds. They've been supporting us all along and hopefully they'll keep doing so."
Soumya Sarkar is the Man of the Match for his run-a-ball 48 which stabilized the run-chase. Unfortunately he's not called upon for the interview so we won't hear from him.
Afridi: "Want to congratulate both Bangladesh and India for qualifying. We keep repeating mistakes again and again which you can't do. Bowlers did a good job but we were 20 runs light. Need to do something very special in the World T20 otherwise we don't deserve to win it. We keep giving chances to youngsters. These are the players we have and we will continue to give them chances. What else can we do? We have to win our final game in this tournament which will be crucial for our morale."
Ramiz Raja is doing the presentation honours..
This was a fierce battle where Pakistan almost turned up - with the ball and in installments. Powered by Bangladesh's top-shelf bowling effort and helped by Pakistan's aversion to singles, a target of 130 resulted and Bangladesh hunted it down but not sans drama. An Amir yorker stunned Soumya Sarkar just when his impending fifty looked set to sail Bangladesh through and then Shakib lost his stumps to spell danger. The Amir-effected wickets sandwiched Mushfiqur Rahim's debatable LBW and hopes then ballooned. Bangaldesh's pursuit for a stable start was cut short earlier, much like Tamim's peekaboo innings which featured a gigantic six before he perished to Irfan in a 4-ball stint. Sabbir Rahman's red-hot form yielded to some Afridi magic but there just weren't enough runs in the bank. Mahmudullah and Mortaza rode on Sami's hospitable no ball-laden over to set up a blockbuster finale against India.
The scenes at the Shere Bangla explain why we watch the sport in the first place. The crowds are roaring themselves to sore throats, and Afridi is absolutely disconsolate. Such unbridled emotions. Bangladeshi players get into a jumping-huddle. They embrace, fist pump, scream. Brilliant! Even the Bangladeshi Prime Minister is here flashing a big smile. "Really emotional. The final match of Asia Cup 2012 came into memory and hopefully that can be wiped off now. Pressure is always there. When to calm down, when to play your big shots, you have to make the decisions," says a relieved Mahmudullah
19.1
Anwar Ali to Mahmudullah, FOUR, Mahmudullah whacks a full toss wide of long-on and takes off in celebration. He doesn't have long to do so as his teammates are all over him. Bangladesh are through to the final. What a match.
Anwar Ali [2.0-0-21-0] is back into the attack
The game is nearly done. 3 required off the final over. And Pakistan is not chasing them, which would've left some hope, but defending. Anwar Ali is assigned the task
19
Runs Scored: 15
1 1 1 2Nb 1 2 4Nb 1
Score after 19 overs
BAN 127-5
Mahmudullah
18(14)
Mortaza
12(7)
Sami
4-0-30-0
18.6
Sami to Mahmudullah, 1 run, slower short ball on the stumps, Mahmudullah is early into the pull and toe-ends it towards deep mid-wicket
18.6
Sami to Mahmudullah, no ball, FOUR, I'm afraid Mohammad Sami will be banished in Bangladesh forever. I can't believe what's happening. Another no-ball, another free-hiton offer and the match is blown away. To make matters worse, Mahmudullah has sliced a near-yorker between backward point and short third man
18.5
Sami to Mahmudullah, 2 runs, that's running away to the fence. But long-off has run round to cut it off. Full ball around off, Mahmudullah spears it down and collects two
18.4
Sami to Mortaza, 1 run, wide yorker, Mortaza reaches out and slices it wide of backward point. What a ball on a free-hit. The fielder dives and keeps them to a single
18.4
Sami to Mortaza, no ball, 2 runs, the crowd is in raptures, you'd think they've gone mad after Mortaza is caught at long-off. But look again. Closely. And you'd find the umpire's right arm stretched. It's a god-forsaken "no-ball". You're kidding me Mohammad Sami. Good ball again, very full and Mortaza holes out. But he's committed a monstrous crime. On top of that, the throw from long-off is sky-kissing. It's like he was so miffed with the no-ball that he decided "I'm done". Or maybe he just flung it in the air in celebration, which is more likely
18.3
Sami to Mahmudullah, 1 run, woosh, lovely stuff. A jabbing yorker on middle, Mahmudullah rushes to get his feet out of the way and squeezes it through the covers
18.2
Sami to Mortaza, 1 run, jeez, Mortaza was very late on it. Speared in full just outside off, Mortaza swats it off the bottom of the bat down to long-off. There was no chance of getting any elevation as his bat barely made it down
18.1
Sami to Mahmudullah, 1 run, slips in a very full and brisk ball on middle, a hint of tail on it, Mahmudullah whips it down to long-on
Mohammad Sami [3.0-0-15-0] is back into the attack
Afridi has a big chat with Sami. An animated one. The type which battle commanders have before heading to war. It's still Bangladesh's game to lose. 18 in 12 with 5 wickets in hand.
18
Runs Scored: 8
0 W 4 4 0 0
Score after 18 overs
BAN 112-5
Mortaza
8(4)
Mahmudullah
9(9)
Amir
4-0-26-2
17.6
Amir to Mortaza, no run, and again. Amir kicks the turf in frustration. A wicket is what he wanted. Fuller length and searing away wide of off, out of Mortaza's reach as he wafts
17.5
Amir to Mortaza, no run, angled away wide of off from over the wicket, Mortaza swishes and misses. Some pace this. 149ks
17.4
Amir to Mortaza, FOUR, the stadium will erupt if it doesn't behave itself. But who can blame them. Mortaza has set this ground afire. Two boundaries from two. Short ball menacingly directed towards the rib-cage, Mortaza half-ducks, sees he can't get out of the way and then commits to a half-hearted pull. Gets big on him and soars away off the splice over short fin
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