In Asian Games Cricket, Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets to win the gold medal.
The cricket team of Bangladesh played a thrilling match against Pakistan for the third position in the 19th Asian Games cricket matches and emerged victorious by securing 6 wickets.
Due to rain, this match was initially limited to thirteen overs, but it was further restricted to five overs due to rain during Pakistan’s innings.
Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat, and Pakistan’s bowling restricted them to 48 runs for the loss of one wicket in five overs.
Bangladesh had to achieve a revised target of 65 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis rule, which they successfully chased down on the last ball of the last over with four wickets in hand.
The credit for this victory of Bangladesh goes to Yasar Ali and Afif Hossain. Afif Hossain scored 20 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 fours in 11 balls. Yasar Ali scored 38 runs off just 16 balls, including 4 boundaries and 2 sixes.
Arshad Iqbal was the successful bowler for Pakistan, taking three wickets.
Prior to this, in Pakistan’s innings, Mirza Baig scored 32 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 4 fours and remained not out. Khushdil Shah played an innings of 14 runs with 1 six and 1 four.