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The 31st Match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 was played yesterday between Pakistan vs Bangladesh, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. In which Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 7 wickets.
TOSS- Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat.
Bangladesh Innings- Bangladesh batted first after winning the toss, and started the inning very poorly the entire team was dismissed just for 204 runs in the first ball of the 46th over. Mahmudullah played a very brilliant half-century inning of 56 runs with the help of 1 six and 5 boundaries in 70 balls, Litton Das played a brilliant inning of 45 runs with the help of 5 boundaries in 64 balls, Shakib Al Hasan played a brilliant inning of 43 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in 54 balls, Mehidy Hasan Miraz scored 35 runs in 30 balls, apart from this no batsman could play well, Tanzid Hasan dismissed without scoring in 5 balls, Najmul Hossain Shanto dismissed just for 4 runs in 3 balls, Mushfiqur Rahim 5 runs in 8 balls, Towhid Hridoy 7 runs in 3 balls, Taskin Ahmed 6 runs in 13 balls, Mustafizur Rahman 3 runs in 7 balls, and Shoriful Islam was remains unbeaten for 1 run in 4 balls. In this way, the entire team dismissed for 204 runs in 49.3 overs and set a target of 242 runs in front of Afghanistan the entire team was all-out just for 204 runs in 45.1 overs and set a target of 205 runs in front of Pakistan.
Pakistani bowlers- Pakistani bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Shaheen Afridi took 3 wickets just for 23 runs in 9 overs, Mohammad Wasim Jr 3 wickets just for 31 runs in 8.1 overs, Haris Rauf 2 wickets just for 36 runs in 8 overs, Iftikhar Ahmed 1 wicket for 44 runs in his spell, and Usama Mir 1 wicket for 55 runs in his spell.
Pakistan Innings- Afghanistan chasing 205 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily for the loss of just 3 wickets in the third ball of the 33rd overs and won the match by 7 wickets. Pakistan started the inning very strongly, Abdullah Shafique and Fakhar Zaman came to start the inning and gave a strong start with a century partnership of 128 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has dismissed for 128 runs in first ball of the 22nd over, Abdullah Shafique dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 68 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 9 boundaries in 69 balls, next batsman Babar Azam came to bat and he good strike rotate with Fakhar Zaman for a while, the second wicket has dismissed for 160 runs in 25.4 over, Babar Azam dismissed just for 9 runs in 16 balls, followed by Mohammad Rizwan came to bat, meanwhile the third wicket also dismissed for 169 runs in 27.3 overs, Fakhar Zaman dismissed after plying a very brilliant half-century inning of 81 runs with the help of 7 sixes and 3 boundaries in just 74 balls, next batsman Iftikhar Ahmed came to bat handled the inning and took the match to the victory with Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Rizwan played an unbeaten victory inning of 26 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in 21 balls, and Iftikhar Ahmed also played an unbeaten inning of 17 runs in 15 balls. In this way, Pakistan chased the target very easily for the loss of just 3 wickets in just 32.3 overs and won the match by 7 wickets.
Bangladesh bowlers- Mehidy Hasan Miraz took all 3 wickets for 60 runs in 9 overs, apart from this all bowlers are wicketless, Taskin Ahmed was wicketless for 36 runs in 6 overs, Shoriful Islam was wicketless for 25 runs in 4 overs, Mustafizur Rahman wicketless for 47 runs in 7 overs, Shakib Al Hasan wicketless for 30 runs in 5.3 overs, and Najmul Hossain Shanto was wicketless for 5 runs in 1 over.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH- Pakistani batsman Fakhar Zaman was selected as the player of the match, he played a very brilliant half-century inning of 81 runs with the help of 7 sixes and 3 boudaries in just 74 balls.
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