{"id":81186,"date":"2025-07-22T22:24:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=81186"},"modified":"2025-07-22T22:24:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:24:25","slug":"bangladesh-seal-t20-series-with-8-run-victory-over-pakistan-in-second-t20i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/bangladesh-seal-t20-series-with-8-run-victory-over-pakistan-in-second-t20i\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh seal T20 series with 8-run victory over Pakistan in second T20I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DHAKA: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pak-vs-ban-green-shirts-to-face-bangladesh-in-second-t20-today\/\">Bangladesh<\/a> clinched the three-match T20I series by defeating Pakistan by 8 runs in the second match played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Chasing a modest target of 134, Pakistan were bowled out for 126 under pressure.<\/p>\n<p>The top order suffered a massive collapse as the team lost six wickets for just 33 runs, putting them on the back foot early in the innings.<\/p>\n<p>All-rounder Faheem Ashraf emerged as the visitors&#8217; lone fighter, playing a resilient innings of 51 runs, but his efforts were not enough to take Pakistan across the line.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, seven Pakistani batsmen failed to even reach double figures, reflecting the team&#8217;s collective batting failure.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh&#8217;s bowling attack was clinical, with Sharaful Islam leading the charge with three wickets, while Mehidy Hasan and Tanzeem Hasan Saqib took two wickets each.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the match, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl first. The Bangladeshi innings struggled, as they were bowled out for 133 in the allotted 20 overs.<\/p>\n<p>Wicketkeeper-batsman Jakir Ali was the standout performer for the hosts, scoring a fine 55 to give Bangladesh a fighting chance.<\/p>\n<p>On the bowling front, Ahmed Daniyal \u2014 playing his debut match \u2014 and Salman Mirza took two wickets each, helping Pakistan hold Bangladesh to a manageable score.<\/p>\n<p>With the win, Bangladesh have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, marking a crucial series win on home soil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHAKA: Bangladesh clinched the three-match T20I series by defeating Pakistan by 8 runs in the second match played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday. Chasing a modest target of 134, Pakistan were bowled out for 126 under pressure. The top order suffered a massive collapse as the team lost six wickets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":81187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[474,2759,138],"class_list":["post-81186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-bangladesh","tag-dhaka","tag-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81188,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81186\/revisions\/81188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}