The Pakistan cricket team emerged triumphant against the likes of Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 on Tuesday by seven wickets.
Pakistan bundled out the Bangla Tigers for 209 runs before reaching the target in 32.3 overs thanks to excellent knocks from Fakhar Zaman and Abdullah Shafique.
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Zaman’s quality knock of 81 runs from 74 deliveries led Pakistan to a win that keeps them in contention for a berth in the knockout stages of the showpiece tournament in India.
Zaman cited his hard work following the Asia Cup as a cornerstone for the game-winning innings against the Bangla Tigers in the ICC Blue Ribbon event.
“After the Asia Cup, I practised a lot on my batting, I was looking good at the camp and was looking forward to making it to the team. Today, my hard work paid off after I was given a chance,” he said.
The opening partnership between Zaman and Shafique proved to be crucial as the pair put up a 128-run partnership for the first wicket.
“I told Abdullah that I would see off the first few overs, (after which) I knew I could hit big sixers. My role is to make it easy for my partner, so it was important to see off the first few overs and then play my shots,” Zaman revealed.
Eventually, Pakistan won with 7 wickets and nearly 18 overs to spare as the Babar Azam-led team registered their third win of the tournament.
“NRR was in our mind after we reached 100, the aim was to finish it off in 30 overs.”
Zaman expressed his delight with the knock after multiple setbacks and hoped to carry the touch going forward in the campaign.
I had too many failures, I was looking towards such a knock and hopefully, I’ll make bigger scores in the next few games,” the batsman concluded.
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