Pakistan beat Bangladesh by seven wickets in 4th one dayer

MULTAN: Pakistan gained 4-0 lead in the series by defeating Bangladesh by seven wickets in the fourth One-day International here on Wednesday.

In reply to Bangladesh’s 210, Pakistan easily achieved the winning target for the loss of only three wickets.

From Pakistan, opener Salman Butt made 74
and Bazid Khan scored 51 while Mohammad Yousuf and Fawad Alam remained
not out on 37 and five, respectively.

From Bangladesh, Shakib Al Hasan and Abdur Razzaq took one wicket each.

Earlier, Bangladesh were all out for 210 in 49.1 overs, setting Pakistan a winning target of 211 runs.

Left-handed batsman Shakib Al Hasan scored
108 from 120 balls with eight fours. This was the first individual
hundred from a Bangladeshi in the current series.

Batting at number five, Shakib added 97 runs for the ninth wicket with Mashrafe Mortaza, who came at number ten to make 38.

Winning the toss, Bangladesh batted first
but none of their batsmen could make any significant score except
Shakib Al Hasan and Mashrafe Mortaza.

From Pakistan, pacers Sohail Khan and Umar
Gul captured three wickets each while Mohammad Asif claimed two
wickets. Spinners Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik took one wicket each.

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