the series against the United Arab Emirates last week,
the Tigers lost the series against Pakistan again. On the other hand, Pakistan has secured the series with one match left.
Against PakistanLiton Das' team faced Pakistan in the second match of the T20 series at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Friday (May 30). Bangladesh lost by a huge margin of 57 runs.
Batting first, Pakistan scored 201 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. In reply, Bangladesh were all out for 144 runs after 19 overs. Pakistan won by 57 runs.
The Tigers have already lost the series after two consecutive losses. The defeat was mainly due to the batting failure of the Bangladesh team.
Bangladesh got off to a good start after
setting a target of 202 runs. Tanjid Hasan Tamim was dismissed for 33 runs off 19 balls and no one could catch up after that. Parvez Emon, Liton Das and Zaker Ali failed to bat.
In the end, the Tigers reduced the margin of defeat by scoring 50 runs off 23 balls from Mehedi Hasan Miraj and 31 balls from Tanjim Hasan Shakib. In the end, the Bangladesh team's innings ended at 144 runs.
Abrar Ahmed took the highest 3 wickets for Pakistan.
Earlier in Lahore, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first. Bangladesh started the attack from both ends with spin from Mehedi Hasan Miraz and Shamim Hossain. On the last ball of the second over, Saim Ayub (4) was run out after a misunderstanding with Shahibzada Farhan while trying to push the ball to long-on for three.
Then Farhan and Mohammad Haris
laid the foundation for a big collection for Pakistan with a partnership of 103 runs off 54 balls. Haris was the victim of Tanzim Shakib for 41 off 25 balls. Rishad dismissed Farhan, who played an innings of 74 runs off 41 balls with 4 boundaries and 6 sixes.
Hasan Mahmud then returned Salman Agha and Shadab Khan. However, Hasan Nawaz scored an unbeaten 51 off 26 balls with 2 fours and 3 sixes to give Pakistan a big total. The hosts scored 201 for 6.