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Pakistan's batting muscle overpowers Bangladesh

Sharjeel Khan got Pakistan off to a flyer through a 10-ball 18 after the team opted to bat  AFP
Sharjeel, though, threw away a promising start, giving Arafat Sunny the charge, only to be cleaned up  AFP
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Ahmed Shehzad and Mohammad Hafeez offset the early loss through a 95-run second-wicket stand  AFP
The Bangladesh players had a tough time in the field, as Hafeez helped himself to 64 off 42 balls  AFP
Shahid Afridi entered in rampaging form, and his 19-ball 49 propelled Pakistan to 201 for 5  Associated Press
Bangladesh received an early jolt as Mohammad Amir went past Soumya Sarkar's defence in the third ball of the chase  Associated Press
Tamim Iqbal and Sabbir Rahman combined for a 43-run second-wicket stand  AFP
Afridi, however, followed up his good work with the bat by removing both batsmen  AFP
Shakib Al Hasan waged a lone battle for Bangladesh with an unbeaten 50, and, in the process, crossed the 1000-run mark in T20Is  AFP
However, Pakistan had proceedings in control throughout and romped to a 55-run win. Afridi capped off a productive day with 2 for 27 and earned himself the Man-of-the-Match award  AFP
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