Asia Cup FINAL match- Pakistan vs Bangladesh at Dhaka !

[Emmie]

Afridi for man of the match... Waoo Lala. Proud of you

 

[Peregrine]

Pakistan is the best team of Asia. Too bad for IPL that the best team of the region is not in it.

 

[Tacit Wave]

I do feel sad about Bangladesh after looking at the audience in stadium and at the faces of Bangladeshi Players.

me too

 

[untitled]

2012 T20 World Cup is going to be ours!!!!!!

Inshallah

 

[Al-zakir]

So close but good fight. Congratulation to pak bros. I am happy that u got it and not other. Mubarak

 

[darkinsky]

ifridi man of the match, crowd silent

no respect

 

[Donatello]

Pakistan is the best team of Asia. Too bad for IPL that the best team of the region is not in it.

It will be when Indians grow ballz big enough to handle our players. They are happy with cheap class players, so let it be.

 

[Tacit Wave]

I do feel sad about Bangladesh after looking at the audience in stadium and at the faces of Bangladeshi Players.

Me too

 

[Dance]

Sutpid that some people supported BD. When Pakistan is playing our support should always be for Pakistan. Even if they are playing against BD.

Yeah I doubt they would have done the same if the situation was reversed.

I would have supported Bangladesh only if Pakistan wasn't playing. Other than that Pakistan won fair and square today, no regrets

 

[dexter]

 

[Areesh]

Yeah I doubt they would have done the same if the situation was reversed.

I would have supported Bangladesh only if Pakistan wasn't playing. Other than that Pakistan won fair and square today, no regrets

Exactly. I always support BD other than Pakistan. But not at the expense of Pakistan. Never.

 

[darkinsky]

I do feel sad about Bangladesh after looking at the audience in stadium and at the faces of Bangladeshi Players.

they are not even appreciating us??

 

[fawwaxs]

Jeeeeet hamaaaaree hay feel a bit bad for bangla they are weeping but hey its a game!!!

 

[drunken-monke]

It will be when Indians grow ballz big enough to handle our players. They are happy with cheap class players, so let it be.

Our players shown how much large balls we have when we thrashed the challenge of 330 set by PAKISTAN not very old by today...I hope you understand... BD beat India since they played better than India on that day and they were true winners of that match...

 

[Alpha Omega]

Pakistan prevail over gutsy Bangladesh​

The Report by Abhishek Purohit

March 22, 2012

Pakistan 236 for 9 (Sarfraz 46*, Hafeez 40, Razzak 2-26, Shakib 2-39) beat Bangladesh 234 for 8 (Shakib 68, Tamim 60, Cheema 3-46) by two runs

When their gut-wrenching disappointment dies down, Bangladesh will remember that they were just one stroke away from the Asia Cup title. And see it as clinching evidence of their progress. When their sense of relief passes, Pakistan will remember that they were tested to the hilt, but came through somehow. And see it as a confirmation of their renowned ability to win the big moments.

But for the moment, Bangladesh will be gutted; gutted at what could have been, gutted that it wasn't to be. They had lost their first tournament final by two wickets to Sri Lanka in 2009. The margin was two runs today.

More to follow ...

75 overs Bangladesh 86 for 3 (Shakib 5*, Nasir 3*) need another 151 runs to beat Pakistan 236 for 9 (Sarfraz 46*, Hafeez 40, Razzak 2-26, Shakib 2-39)

Nazimuddin's clueless crawl of an innings put pressure on Bangladesh despite Tamim Iqbal's fourth consecutive half-century and left them facing a daunting asking-rate at the halfway mark of their chase. Tamim's departure to Younis Khan's third sharp catch further increased the pressure on the hosts in their first chase in a tournament final. Bangladesh still had some of their best batsmen intact, with Nasir Hossain and Shakib Al Hasan in the middle, and Mushfiqur Rahim to follow.

While the plan could have been for Nazimuddin to be the anchor and Tamim to be the aggressor, the former became completely subdued after being beaten four times in five deliveries by Umar Gul in the second over, leaving run-making duties completely to his partner.

Tamim responded by hitting Gul out of the attack with four fours in nine deliveries. All shots bore the mark of a man in top form, with the highlight being a punch through point played with his feet off the ground. Nazimuddin continued to dig a deeper hole for himself, treating Mohammad Hafeez with utmost respect and allowing him to get through five overs for only 10 runs.

Realisation belatedly dawned on him, but by then, he had got into such a rut that he was mistiming almost everything. He had already survived a close lbw shout against Saeed Ajmal and had been put down by Hammad Azam at third man.

Bangladesh were not able to get anywhere close to dominating, which they should have given the way Tamim was batting. In the same Shahid Afridi over in which Tamim brought up his fourth half-century of the tournament, off 48 balls, Younis finally ended Nazimuddin's misery with a running catch at long-off. By then, Nazimuddin had used up 52 balls for his 16.

Jahurul Islam did not last long against Ajmal's doosra and gave Younis his second catch, at slip. With Nasir Hossain also struggling to get going, Tamim decided to take on Gul but only found extra cover with a mis-hit pull, Younis diving forward to take another excellent catch.

Carrying his nation's hopes once again, Shakib walked in and pulled his first delivery for four. Afridi, though, made Shakib play a maiden in the 25th over. Bangladesh were still a long way from unprecedented glory, but as long as Shakib was batting there was hope.

50 overs Pakistan 236 for 9 (Sarfraz 46*, Hafeez 40, Razzak 2-26, Shakib 2-39) v Bangladesh

Misbah-ul-Haq falls short of a direct hit, Bangladesh v Pakistan, Asia Cup final, Mirpur, March 22, 2012
Misbah-ul-Haq was found short of his ground by a direct hit © AFP
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Bangladesh were favourites to crack on their biggest day as a cricketing nation. A fourth consistent performance on the trot was expected to be beyond them. But they gave an extremely creditable account of themselves with the ball and in the field, apart from a chaotic last over. Pakistan are masters of the big moment, though, and somehow find a player who performs. Wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed, who had a highest ODI score of 24 and a strike-rate of 62.35 before this game, turned 199 for 8 into 236 for 9 with a 52-ball 46. Pakistan were still a few runs short on a pitch which has been favourable to the chasing side in this tournament.

The talk had been about whether Bangladesh would be able to handle the nerves of only their second ODI tournament final, but their bowling was tight and their fielding was energetic, as it had been throughout the tournament. Pakistan were not allowed to get away, except in the last over, and could be left to rue an innings of several wasted starts.

After having had a steady tournament, Bangladesh's leading ODI wicket-taker Abdur Razzak rose to the occasion, with figures of 10-3-26-2. Shakib Al Hasan weighed in with 2 for 39 but Shahadat Hossain proved expensive once again in a horror last over which contained two no-balls and went for 19.

Bangladesh's discipline till then had kept Pakistan under relentless pressure. And that pressure had brought wickets. Their openers, Mohammad Hafeez and Nasir Jamshed - who had a century and a double-century stand earlier in the tournament - failed to clear the infield in their attempts to hit out. Younis Khan and Umar Akmal got rough decisions, Misbah-ul-Haq's hesitation ran him out, and Hammad Azam and Shahid Afridi threw it away.

Bangladesh had won two games and come close in a third while chasing in this tournament and Mushfiqur Rahim immediately chose to bowl again. Mashrafe Mortaza had two close lbw appeals in the opening over against Nasir Jamshed but ended up conceding two fours.

Both appeals were turned down but Mortaza was not to be denied in his third over when Jamshed charged at an offcutter, only to scoop it up to cover. An over earlier, Hafeez had survived after appearing to have been caught plumb in front on the back leg by Nazmul Hossain's incoming delivery. However, he never looked like hurting Bangladesh.

Bangladesh had no reason to complain about what happened in Nazmul's next over. Younis got a faint inside edge onto his pad but the umpire Ian Gould sent him back. Misbah tried to do his usual rescue act, along with Hafeez, but Bangladesh's fielding had its say when slight hesitation from Misbah found him short of a direct hit from the sharp Nasir Hossain.

Hafeez did put a few loose ones away but found the fielders more often than not. A charge at Razzak only resulted in a catch to mid-on. At 70 for 4, the Shere Bangla crowd was right behind their side and Pakistan were in for a long period of rebuilding.

Akmal and Azam, who hit some powerful shots, seemed to have started the salvage job in adding 59 in quick time. But Azam gave it away with a top-edged slog that was taken by the bowler Shakib. In the next over, Akmal was given caught behind down the leg side by the umpire Steve Davis though replays showed the ball had only brushed the batsman's trousers.

Afridi was his normal hit-or-depart self, and another promising innings was soon terminated a few breathtaking strokes later with a mis-hit to long-off. Umar Gul could not repeat his salvage act from the tournament opener against Bangladesh, and Sarfraz was the unlikely candidate for a mini-recovery.

He ensured Pakistan batted the full 50 overs and Bangladesh finally fell apart in the last one. Shahadat served up waist-high full tosses, and short and wide deliveries to be carted for 19, and left Pakistan's strength, their bowling, with a decent score to defend. A chase in a final is something Bangladesh have never encountered before, and it will be interesting to see whether their batting holds together like the bowling and fielding did.

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