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Pakistan defeated Bangladesh in the third and final T20 International (T20I) of the three-match series at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dha💖ka to register a clean sweep on Monday.
Chasing a paltry target of 125, the match went down to the wire, where Mohammad Nawaz smashed a boundary on the final ball to get Pakistan over the finish line. Mohammad Rizwan and Haider Ali played crucial knocks to power Paki﷽stan to victory.
Rizwan scored 40 off 43 balls with the help of two fours and a six, while Haider smashed 45 from 38 deliveries, including three fours and a couple of six. Captain Mahmudullah picked upꦰ three wickets while conceding 10 runs🔥 in one over.
Earlier, the hosts could only manage to score 124/7 in their allotted 20 overs. Opener Mohammad Naim scored 47 from 50 balls with the help of four boundaries, including two🃏 sixes.
Mohammad Wasim was the pick of the bowler for Pakistan. He bagged a couple of scalps for 15 runs in his quota of 𒆙4 overs. Usman Qadir also picked up two wꦕickets for 35 runs in 4 overs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Congratulations on ye🌳t another T20I series win 👏🏼 The cr🌄edit goes to the entire unit, keep going!✌🏼 🇵🇰
— Wahab Riaz (@WahabViki)
The green shirts continue♔ with their brilliant run 🎃in T20Is Mashallah 🇵🇰Many congratulations everyone on the 3-0 victory in the . Well done team !👍🏼
— Ahmad Shahzad 🇵🇰 (@iamAhmadshahzad)
🅷Congratulations Team Pa🎐kistan 🇵🇰 what a game of cricket 👏
— Ihtisham Ul Haq (@iihtishamm)
Pakistan win the third 🍷T20I by five wickets and ��the series by 3-0.
Scorecard:
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB)
So close yet so far for Bangladesh!
Mahmud Ullah almos💖t defends eight runs in the final over but Mohammad Nawaz smashes the last ball for a four to complete the clean sweep 💥 |
— ICC (@ICC)
Bangladesh lost by 5 wickets.
— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers)
Hitting match winning boundary off first ball faced, off the last possible ball of a T20I innings:
Ahsan Malik🇳🇱 v BAN, 2012
Mohammad Nawaz🇵🇰 v BAN, todayHappening only for the second time𝄹, and both are against 🌟Bangladesh.
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
WINNERS!
Congratulations
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👉 👈 |— 🏏Fl𝄹ashscore Cricket Comment🌼ators (@FlashCric)
Pakistan won the T20 series 3-0 against Bangladesh, Babar Azam's led team has been on a fantastic run with winning 8 T20I in the last 9 matches.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)