Shafiul strikes early to send Ahsan back

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TBS Report
25 January, 2020, 02:35 pm
Last modified: 25 January, 2020, 05:13 pm
Bangladesh set Pakistan a target of 137.

Shafiul strikes early!

Shafiul Islam has struck in the second over to send Ahsan Ali back for a duck. 

Mohammad Hafeez has taken his place at the crease.

Bangladesh lose Naim and Mahedi!

Bangladesh are off to a poor start as the Tigers have lost Naim Sheikh and Mahedi Hasan within the fifth over scoring only 27.

Bangladesh are 27-2 after five overs as Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das are at the crease.

Earlier, Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first in their second match of the three-match T20I series against Pakistan at Lahore. 

Bangladesh are trailing the series 1-0 after losing the first match by five wickets. 

Bangladesh have brought one change to their side as Mahedi Hasan replaces Mohammad Mithun whereas Pakistan have gone with the same winning combination. 

Bangladesh XI: Tamim Iqbal, Naim Sheikh, Liton Das (wk), Afif Hossain, Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah Riyad (c), Mahedi Hasan, Aminul Islam Biplob, Shafiul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain

Pakistan XI: Ahsan Ali, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain

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