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Pakistan did not care about Bangladesh in the first two T20Is. Tigresses hit the field in the third match with the goal of 'Banglawash'. Despite winning the series for the first time against Pakistan, the dream of a whitewash did not come true for Niger Sultans.
Bangladesh lost to Pakistan at the Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Sunday (October 29). After losing the toss and batting first, Pakistan collected 132 runs losing 4 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Bangladesh can score 101 runs by losing 9 wickets in reply. As a result, they lost by 31 runs and could not take advantage of the opportunity to whitewash the powerful Pakistan.
Bangladesh did not get off to a good start when they came to bat against the target of 133 runs given by Pakistan. The team lost the wicket of debutant Sumaiya Akhtar by 5 runs. He went lbw to Sadia Iqbal.
Another opener Shamima Sultana and one down Sobhana Mostari scored 33 runs but could not maintain the run rate. Sobhana scored 17 runs off 19 balls and was dismissed by Nashra Sandhu. After adding 3 runs to the scorecard, the captain Nigar Sultana Jyoti departed. He scored 3 runs before being lbw by Nida Dar.
Swarna Akhter departed as the fourth wicket for the team's 50 runs. He played 11 balls to score 3 runs. When Ritu Moni got out after scoring 3 runs off 7 balls, 59 runs were on the side of Bangladesh's name. Umm-e-Hani's next ball of the same over, Shamima Sultana, the opener who had been holding on for so long, also departed. Bangladesh was knocked out of the match by then.
Sharifa Khatun took Bangladesh to a respectable level by forming a partnership of 27 runs with Nahida Akhtar. Nahida, who scored 5 runs, left the team with 86 runs. Sharifa also departed on 89 runs. He scored 18 runs in 3 fours off 11 balls. In the end, Rabeya Khan's 11-run innings only narrowed the margin of defeat.
Sadia Iqbal took 2 wickets for 19 runs in 4 overs for Pakistan. Alia Riaz also took 2 wickets with 24 runs in 2 overs. The rest took 1 wicket each.
Before going into bat, Muniba Ali scored 61 off 49 balls and Bismah Maruf scored 48 runs off 49 balls.
Muniba was Man of the Match for his match winning innings of 61 runs. Nahida Akhter of Bangladesh is the series best with 8 wickets.
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