Bangladesh tempo sensation Nahid Rana claimed his first ODI five-wicket haul in an eight-wicket win over Pakistan of their opening match on Wednesday.
Rana returned figures of 5-24 to skittle out Pakistan for 114, a complete Bangladesh overhauled in 15.1 overs of the 50-over contest in Mirpur to take a 1-0 lead within the three-match sequence.
Opener Tanzid Hasan hammered an unbeaten 67 off 42 balls and placed on a second-wicket partnership of 82 with Najmul Hossain Shanto, who made 27, in a press release win.
Saif Hassan fell early for 4, whereas Litton Das remained unbeaten on three with Tanzid.
Earlier, Nahid laid the platform for victory along with his excellent spell in his seven overs to bowl out Pakistan for his or her lowest ODI whole towards Bangladesh, eclipsing the earlier 161 throughout the 1999 World Cup.
The 23-year-old Nahid ripped by means of Pakistan’s prime order, changing into the primary Bangladeshi bowler to dismiss the opposition’s prime 5 batsmen in an ODI innings.
Nahid eliminated Sahibzada Farhan (27), Shamyl Hussain (4), Maaz Sadaqat (18), Mohammad Rizwan (10) and Salman Agha (5) as Pakistan slumped to 69-5.
He was ably supported by captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who took 3-29 along with his off-spin.
Senior quicks Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman took one wicket every.
No 8 Faheem Ashraf provided transient resistance along with his 37 earlier than being dismissed by Mustafizur as Pakistan had been finally bowled out in 30.4 overs.
The efficiency marked a breakthrough in Nahid’s younger ODI profession since his debut in 2024.
He had taken solely 5 wickets in his first 5 matches earlier than producing the five-wicket haul in his sixth look.
Nahid is now solely the second Bangladeshi bowler to take a five-wicket haul towards Pakistan in ODIs after Mustafizur’s 5-75 throughout the 2019 World Cup.
– AFP
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