Pakistan beat Tigers in two consecutive T20s in Mirpur. With one match in hand, the visitors ensured the series victory.

Babar Azam's side won by 8 wickets against Bangladesh in the second T20 of the series on Saturday. Chasing 108 runs Pakistan comfortably reached the target losing only two wickets.

Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat. Bangladesh scored 108 runs in the stipulated twenty overs.

Fakhar Zaman scored the highest 56 runs. 39 runs came from the bat of opener Mohammad Rizwan. Fast bowler Mostafizur Rahman and legspinner Aminul Islam took one wicket each.

The batsmen played well towards the end of the previous match scorecard of 127 runs. In the second T20, Bangladesh's batting is even worse.

Ish Sodhi undoubtedly, the Bangladesh-New Zealand second ODI is the most talked about name. He scored 35 valuable runs with the bat. The big highlight of the New Zealand innings was Hasan Mahmood's Mankaded and Liton Das's exemplification of the 'Spirit of Cricket' bringing him back to the crease.

Sodhi didn't stop there. He brought himself to the center of discussion with the ball. The career-best bowler crushed Bangladesh's batting lineup almost single-handedly. Bangladesh lost by 86 runs in the second ODI of the three-match series against New Zealand at the home of cricket in Mirpur. As the first match was abandoned, the third and final ODI next Tuesday (September 26) is now a battle for Bangladesh to save the series.

Kiwi captain Lockie Ferguson won the toss and elected to bat on Saturday (September 23). New Zealand was in some danger after finding 3 wickets in 36 runs. However, Henry Nicholls (49) and Tom Blundell (68) handled the initial shock by batting responsibly for the fourth wicket. However, the tourists were not completely safe. When Cole McConchie, the last recognized batsman in the XI, returned for 187 runs, New Zealand had not capitalized on the fight.

However, at the end, due to the tenacity of the tail ender batters, New Zealand got a fighting capital of 254 runs. Ish Sodhi led the tail-enders' defense with the bat. He played an important innings of 35 runs.

But Sodhi's innings could have ended in 17 individual runs, if Bangladesh captain Liton Das had not become the embodiment of 'Spirit of Cricket'!

His main job of spreading light with the bat is bowling or why stay behind! Ten years later, Sodhi bowled a career-best ODI against the country that started his journey in international cricket. After bowling 10 overs, he took 6 wickets for 39 runs.

On the day of Sodhi's bowling excellence, Bangladesh's batting has once again lost its bones. Apart from the two seniors Tamim Iqbal (44) and Mahmudullah (49) who returned to the team after a long time, only Nasum Ahmed (21) of the tail row has reached the quota of 20. Soumya Sarkar returned to the team after two and a half years before opening the run book.

Bangladesh were all out for 168 runs in just 41.1 overs due to batting failure. Bangladesh must win the last match to save the series.

Bangladesh Cricket Board has announced the squad for the ODI series against New Zealand. Skipper Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmood and Shariful Islam have been rested as expected. In other words, regular XI cricketers will be rested in this series before the World Cup. In-form Nazmul Hossain Shanto is not in this series due to injury. Liton Das is leading the team.

Mahmudullah Riyad returned to the team after more than six months. Regular opener Tamim Iqbal returned to the team after recovering from injury. Soumya Sarkar got a place in the ODI squad after three and a half years. Also, two wicketkeeper-batters Nurul Hasan Sohan and Zakir Hasan have returned to the ODI team. Pacer Syed Khaled Ahmed, who is in the preliminary squad of the World Cup, has received a call. Leg spinner Rishad Hossain has come to the ODI team for the first time.

 Afif Hossain Dhruba, Shamim Patwari and Mohammad Naeem Sheikh have been dropped from the Asia Cup squad. It is more likely that they will not be in the World Cup squad.

There is a rumor in the cricket village that Soumya Sarkar and Sheikh Mahedi Hasan can board the plane for the World Cup. Along with this, Tanjid Tamim, who entered international cricket with the Asia Cup, is also likely to be in the fifteen men squad of the World Cup.

 Bangladesh has announced the squad for the first two ODIs of the series against New Zealand. Tamim Iqbal has returned to the team after a long break. Apart from this, Mahmudullah and Soumya Sarkar also got a chance in the first two ODI teams.

Regular captain Shakib Al Hasan has been rested in this home series before the World Cup. ODI vice-captain Liton Das will lead the side against the Kiwis in his place.

 Apart from Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmood and Shariful Islam are not in the New Zealand series squad. The selectors have decided to rest all of them in this series.

As many of the regular faces of the ODI team are resting, the fortunes of several people who were left out of the team have returned. This list includes experienced Mahmudullah Riyad, Soumya Sarkar, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Zakir Hasan, Rishad Hossain and Khaled Ahmed.

Bangladesh team for the first two ODIs

Liton Das (Captain), Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Enamul Haque, Tawhid Hriday, Mahmudullah, Nurul Hasan, Mehdi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Mostafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan, Tanjid Hasan, Zakir Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Khaled Ahmed.

Bangladesh ended their Asia Cup mission through a glorious win by defeating India by six runs in a breathtaking match. Shakib Al Hasan's team got the taste of defeating India in the Asia Cup after almost a century. The last time India lost at the Asia Cup stage was the 2012 Asia Cup.

After winning the toss, Shakib Al Hasan scored 80 (85), Tawheed Hriday 54 (81), Nasum Ahmed 44 (45) and Sheikh Mahedi Hasan 29 (23).

In reply, Lokesh Rahul and Gill brought India back into the match after early wickets of Rohit Sharma and Tilak Verma. After the initial disaster, the two put on a 57-run stand. Mahedi Hasan returned Rahul with a personal 19 (39) runs. Ishan Kishan returned to personal 5 runs in 94 runs Mehdi Hasan scored five runs before being trapped leg before by Miraj. Gill then made a partnership of 45 runs with Suryakumar Yadav.

Seeing everyone's hope gone, Gill picked up the fifty. This opener, who picked up a half-century off 61 balls, took the 5th century of his ODI career off 117 balls. He got out after playing a brilliant innings of 121 runs off 133 balls.

Akshar Patel took charge of the team after Gill's dismissal. This bowling all-rounder scored 42 runs from 34 balls to give the team hope of victory. But in the end he could not finish the match.

In the last over, India needed 12 runs and Bangladesh needed one wicket to win. India could only score 5 runs. Mohammad Shami was run out. The last laugh of Bangladesh

Mustafizur Rahman took the maximum three wickets for Bangladesh. Tanzim Hasan Shakib and Sheikh Mahedi Hasan shared other four wickets taking two each.