Bangladesh four-down inside 1st powerplay

Bangladesh lost their fourth wicket inside the 1st powerplay as Towhid Hridoy got beaten by the extra pace of Rauf and lost his middle-stump. The ball darted back in after pitching and went through the gap between the bat and pad.

Towhid's lean run in the Asia Cup continues as this time he could muster only two runs. The experienced duo Shakib and Mushfiq are at the middle now and the they have a monumental repair job ahead of them.

For the third straight match Naim threw away his wicket in the 20s, this time getting dismissed by Haris Rauf after scoring 20 off 25 balls. Naim, who had four boundaries already, tried to pull a short delivery from Rauf. But he top-edged the ball and the bowler took a simple return catch to reduce Bangladesh to 45-3 in 7.3 overs. Towhid Hridoy joins Shakib in the middle.

Trouble for Pakistan as pacer Naseem landed awkwardly on his right shoulder while trying to save boundary and has seemingly hurt his shoulder. Naseem was lying still on the ground for a minute or so, before gingerly walking off the field with the Pakistan physio.

Naim finished the seventh over with a splendid boundary through the leg-side as Bangladesh reached 44-2 after seven overs. Shakib flicked a ball to the on-side for a boundary to get off the mark in the last ball of the sixth over, bowled by Naseem.

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