Bangladesh face their seventh successive loss in T20Is
\n DHAKA
\nPakistan\u2019s Fakhar Zaman struck an unbeaten half-century as his side made light work of beating Bangladesh by eight wickets in their second T20I in Dhaka on Saturday, taking an unassailable 2-0 series lead.
\nFakhar hit 57 off 51 balls and put on 85 runs with Mohammad Rizwan (39) for the second wicket, guiding Pakistan to 109-2 in 18.1 overs.
\nShaheen Afridi and Shadab Khan earlier claimed two wickets each to help the visitors restrict struggling Bangladesh to 108-7 after the home side opted to bat first.
\nPakistan skipper Babar Azam fell for just one in the third over, dragging a Mustafizur Rahman delivery onto his stumps.
\nBut Fakhar \u2014 who smashed two fours and three sixes but was dropped by Saif Hassan on 26 \u2014 and Rizwan denied Bangladesh further momentum with their calm approach.
\nAminul finally dismissed Rizwan as Saif took the catch at extra cover, but it came too late as Fakhar soon sealed the contest and the series with a single through cover off part-timer Saif.
\n\u201cThe series win is a team effort,\u201d said Babar. \u201cThe boys responded well as a unit and we carried forward the momentum\u201d from the World Cup.
\nBangladesh captain Mahmudullah Riyad rued their batting towards the end of their innings.
\n\u201cI and Shanto (Najmul) were trying to get a partnership but we couldn\u2019t capitalise in the end overs. For a team like us, we need a set batter to be there at the end but it didn\u2019t happen today,\u201d he said.
\nPakistan dominated the match right from the start after dismissing both Bangladeshi openers in the first two overs.
\nShaheen Afridi went for a golden duck to Saif, and Mohammad Naim fell to Mohammad Wasim for two edging to Fakhar at slip, as Bangladesh were reduced to 5-2.
\nAfif Hossain and Najmul Hossain offered some resistance, adding 46 runs for the third wicket before Shadab dismissed both to put Pakistan back in control.
\nFor the hosts, Najmul Hossain top-scored with 40 off 34 balls while Afif Hossain chipped in with 20 runs from 21 balls.
\nPlaying his first match of the series, Shaheen finished with 2-15 and Shadab grabbed 2-22 as Bangladesh struggled against Pakistan\u2019s quality pace and spin bowling.
\nPakistan won the first match of the series by four wickets on Friday.
\nThe third and final match of the series will be held on the same ground on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bangladesh face their seventh successive loss in T20Is DHAKA Pakistan\u2019s Fakhar Zaman struck an unbeaten half-century as his side made light work of beating Bangladesh by eight wickets in their second T20I in Dhaka on Saturday, taking an unassailable 2-0 series lead. Fakhar hit 57 off 51 balls and put on 85 runs with Mohammad […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[528,196,527,20],"class_list":{"0":"post-228622","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-bowlers","9":"tag-cricket","10":"tag-fakhar","11":"tag-pakistan"},"yoast_head":"\n