Bangladesh v Pakistan, 2014-15
Wisden's review of the first ODI, Bangladesh v Pakistan, 2014-15
15-Apr-2016
First one-day international At Mirpur, April 17, 2015 (day/night). Bangladesh won by 79 runs. ‡Bangladesh 329-6 (50 overs) (Tamim Iqbal 132, Mushfiqur Rahim 106, Shakib Al Hasan 31; Wahab Riaz 4-59); Pakistan 250 (45.2 overs) (Azhar Ali 72, Haris Sohail 51, Mohammad Rizwan 67; Taskin Ahmed 3-42, Arafat Sunny 3-47). MoM: Mushfiqur Rahim. ODI debuts: Mohammad Rizwan, Saad Nasim (Pakistan).
A third-wicket stand of 178 in 21.4 overs - a national all-wicket record in ODIs - propelled Bangladesh to their highest total, beating 326-3 against the same opposition at Mirpur in March 2014. Tamim Iqbal, driving fluently, made his fifth ODI century, and Mushfiqur Rahim his third, from just 69 balls. Pakistan were in touch for the first 30 overs - debutant Mohammad Rizwan opened his account with three successive fours - but lost their last six wickets for33. This was Bangladesh's first victory over Pakistan since the 1999 WorldCup, after which they had lost eight Tests, 25 ODIs and seven T20s.
A third-wicket stand of 178 in 21.4 overs - a national all-wicket record in ODIs - propelled Bangladesh to their highest total, beating 326-3 against the same opposition at Mirpur in March 2014. Tamim Iqbal, driving fluently, made his fifth ODI century, and Mushfiqur Rahim his third, from just 69 balls. Pakistan were in touch for the first 30 overs - debutant Mohammad Rizwan opened his account with three successive fours - but lost their last six wickets for33. This was Bangladesh's first victory over Pakistan since the 1999 WorldCup, after which they had lost eight Tests, 25 ODIs and seven T20s.