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Pakistan registered their third victory in ODI World Cup 2023, after recording four consecutive losses in this tournament. Talking about this game Bangladesh winning the toss opted to bat first and managed to post only 204 runs on board with the help of decent scores from Mahmudullah (56), Litton Das (45) and Shakib Al Hasan (43) respectively. Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Wasim Jr picked three wickets each to their name.
Pakistan chased down 205 runs convincingly with 7 wickets in hand and 17.3 overs to be spared. Abdullah Shafique and Fakhar Zaman's 128-run opening partnership played a pivotal role in this game. However, among Bangladesh bowlers, only Mehidy Hasan managed to pick three wickets with the ball.
Numbers and stats from PAK vs BAN game:
1 - Bangladesh became first team to get knocked out from ODI World Cup 2023 semi-finals race officially.
2 - Fakhar Zaman registered his second fifty in ODI World Cups.
Fakhar Zaman's fifty-plus scores in ODI World Cup:
62 vs India in Manchester, 2019
81 vs Bangladesh in Kolkata, 2023
4 - Abdullah Shafique has recorded four fifty-plus scores in ODI World Cup 2023.
Most fifty-plus scores in ODI World Cup 2023:
Virat Kohli - 4
Pathum Nissanka - 4
Aiden Markram - 4
Rachin Ravindra - 4
Abdullah Shafique - 4
Most fifty-plus scores for Pakistan in a single ODI World Cup edition:
Javed Miandad: 5 in 1992
Misbah-ul-Haq: 4 in 2015
Babar Azam: 4 in 2019
Abdullah Shafique: 4 in 2023
6 - Pakistan has won six out of seven ODI games they have played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Pakistan's ODI results at Eden Garden, Kolkata:
- Beat India by 2 wickets in 1987
- Beat India by 77 runs in 1989
- Beat West Indies by 4 wickets in 1989
- Lost to Sri Lanka by 85 runs in 1997
- Beat India by 6 wickets in 2004
- Beat India by 85 runs in 2013
- Beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets in 2023
6 - For the first time, Bangladesh lost six consecutive games in ODI World Cup history.
Bangladesh team results in last six games of ODI World Cup 2023:
- Lost to Pakistan by 7 wickets in Kolkata
- Lost to Netherlands by 87 runs in Kolkata
- Lost to South Africa by 149 runs in Mumbai (WS)
- Lost to India by 7 wickets in Pune
- Lost to New Zealand by 8 wickets in Chennai
- Lost to England by 137 runs in Dharamsala
7 - Fakhar Zaman smashed 7 sixes in today's game.
Most sixes smashed by a batter for Pakistan in an ODI WC inning:
Imran Nazir - 8 vs Zimbabwe in Kingston, 207
Fakhar Zaman - 7 vs Bangladesh in Kolkata, 2023
Iftikhar Ahmed - 4 vs Afghanistan in Chennai, 2023
51 - Shaheen Afridi became the fastest to pick 100 wickets in ODI history among pace bowlers.
Fastest to pick 100 wickets in ODIs among pace bowlers (by matches played):
Shaheen Afridi - 51
Mitchell Starc - 52
Shane Bond / Mustafizur Rahman - 54
128 - Pakistan opening pair Abdullah Shafique and Fakhar Zaman had a 128-run partnership in this game.
Highest opening partnership for Pakistan in ODI World Cup:
Saeed Anwar & Wajahatullah Wasti: 194 vs New Zealand in Manchester, 1999
Majid Khan & Sadiq Mohammad: 159 vs Sri Lanka in Nottingham, 1975
Abdullah Shafique & Imam-ul-Haq: 134 vs Australia in Bengaluru, 2023
Abdullah Shafique & Fakhar Zaman: 128 vs Bangladesh in Kolkata, 2023
Ahmed Shehzad & Sarfaraz Ahmed: 120 vs Ireland in Adelaide, 2015
