Bangladesh defeated Pakistan in T20 series

Bangladesh girls had the precedent of defeating Pakistan earlier in the bilateral series. This time for the first time they also won the T20 series. In the second T20 today (Friday) at the Shahid Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong, Nigar Sultana Jyoti’s team defeated the visitors by 20 runs.

Batting earlier today, the Tigresses got a challenging capital of 120 runs for 6 wickets at the end of the scheduled over. In response, Pakistan’s innings stopped at 100 runs. Bismah Maruf scored the maximum 30 runs for them. Nahida Akhtar and Rabeya Khan got a maximum of 2 wickets each for Bangladesh.

Pakistan was on the back foot from the start of Bangladesh’s chase. Tigress pacer Marufa Akhtar bowled the opener Natalia Parvez for only 3 runs of the team. After that, opener Sidra Amin caught Rabeya Khan’s whirlwind for a personal 9 runs. Later, Muniba Ali and captain Nida Dar also returned within a short time.