Abu Dhabi<\/p>\n
Mushfiqur Rahim scored his career\u2019s 30th half-century, while Mohammad Mithun made 60 to lift Bangladesh to a decent 239 all out against Pakistan in the final \u2018Super Four\u2019 match of the Asia Cup here Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Opting to bat first in the virtual semifinal, Bangladesh were off to a horrendous start as they lost their first three wickets with the scoreboard reading just 12 in 4.2 overs.
\nLeft-arm pacer Junaid did the early damage, removing openers Liton Das and Soumya Sarkar in his consecutive overs.<\/p>\n
One-down Mominul Haque failed once again as he was cleaned up by young left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi (2\/47) in the fourth over.<\/p>\n
But Bangladesh\u2019s go to man in crisis situations, Mushfiqur once again came to his side\u2019s rescue and in Mithun\u2019s company first stabilised the rocking ship and in the process brought up the century stand in 176 deliveries.<\/p>\n
In dire need of a partnership, the duo started cautiously and grew in confidence as the match progressed.<\/p>\n
Both Mushfiqur and Mithun punished the bad deliveries that came their way.<\/p>\n
But just when the partnership was looking dangerous, Pakistan got the vital breakthrough in the form of Mithun who was caught by Hasan Ali (2\/60) off his own bowling in the 35th over.<\/p>\n
Mithun\u2019s second fifty of his career came off 84 balls with the help of just four boundaries.<\/p>\n
The diminutive Mushfiqur, however, went about his business with a calm head and looked set for a well-deserved century but luck was not on his side as he sneaked a good length delivery from Afridi to Sarfraz Ahmed just one short of the three-figure mark.<\/p>\n
Mushfiqur scored his runs off 116 balls with the help of nine fours.<\/p>\n
Towards the end Mahmudullah and skipper Mashrafe Mortaza tried to use their long handle to maximum effect to take Bangladesh beyond the 250-run mark but they eventually fell 20 runs short of what could have been a winning score.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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