Bangladesh survived a late onslaught by Faheem Ashraf and Ahmed Daniyal to pull off a narrow eight-run victory in the second T20I match on Tuesday, winning a first-ever series in the format against Pakistan.<\/p>\n
Ashraf hit an aggressive 32-ball 51 while debutant Daniyal smashed an 11-ball 17 but holed out off the second ball of the final over as Pakistan were all out for 125 in their chase of 134 to win in Dhaka.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Jaker Ali struck a 48-ball 55 as Bangladesh \u2014 sent in to bat \u2014 were bowled out for 133 in 20 overs, with Salman Mirza taking 2-17 and Daniyal close behind on 2-23.<\/p>\n
Left-arm Bangladesh pacer Shoriful Islam picked up his best T20I figures of 3-17 on a slow-paced Mirpur pitch as Pakistan lost their first five wickets for just 15 runs by the fifth over.<\/p>\n
Ashraf cracked four sixes and as many boundaries to raise hopes of a comeback win, but spinner Rishad Hossain bowled him in the penultimate over.<\/p>\n
Ashraf and Abbas Afridi, who scored a 13-ball 19, had revived the innings from 47-7 with a 41-run stand, but Bangladesh had the last laugh.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh won<\/a> the first match at the same venue by seven wickets and took an unassailable 2-0 lead with the final match on Thursday, also in Dhaka.<\/p>\n This was Bangladesh\u2019s first T20I series win over Pakistan in four tries.<\/p>\n Pakistan lost opener Saim Ayub to a run out for one in the first over before Islam dismissed Fakhar Zaman (8) and Mohammad Haris (0) to hit Pakistan hard at the top.<\/p>\n Bangladesh skipper Litton Das praised a team effort.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to win back-to-back series,\u201d said Litton, who also led the team to a 2-1 T20I series in Sri Lanka last week. \u201cThis shows good improvement in our standards.\u201d<\/p>\n Pakistan captain Salman Agha rued his side\u2019s batting lapses.<\/p>\n \u201cWe thought 134 would be gettable but we lost too many wickets early on and that\u2019s something we must address quickly,\u201d said Agha.<\/p>\n Earlier, Jaker smashed five sixes and a boundary for his third T20I half century.<\/p>\n Bangladesh had lost four wickets for 28 by the sixth over before Jaker and Mahedi Hasan revived the innings with a 53-run stand for the fifth wicket.<\/p>\n Mahedi scored a 25-ball 33 with two sixes and as many boundaries.<\/p>\n The final match is on Thursday, also in Dhaka.<\/p>\n Last month, Pakistan had whitewashed<\/a> Bangladesh in a three-match home T20I series at the Gaddafi Stadium. Das-led Bangladesh came into the series on the back of an away 2-1 T20I series triumph<\/a> over Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n