BAN vs PAK | Twitteratti go insane as Bangladesh end series with big loss

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Pakistan destroyed Bangladesh’s clean sweep hopes in the final T20I at Dhaka on Thursday. Sahibzada Farhan introduces himself in the series with a remarkable half-century, with Salman Mirza and Faheem Ashraf create havoc with the ball to ensure they finish a disappointing home-series with a win.

Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field first in the third and final game of the series, with the visitors needing to prove their mettle after poor performances in the first two. Opener Sahibzada Farhan continued to play his shots while Saim Ayub held fort at the other end as Pakistan ended the powerplay with a score of 57/0. Pakistan continued to score runs, and though there were a few chances created, including a missed stumping of Mohammad Haris, they still looked in a solid position reaching 86/1 at the halfway stage. Pakistan had a few quiet overs in the middle after Farhan was dismissed for 63, with Haris’s 14-ball struggle finally ended by Taskin Ahmed in the 14th over. However, cameos from Hasan Nawaz (33 off 17) and Mohammad Nawaz made sure the team reached a competitive total of 178/7 after 20 overs. The Tigers' bowling attack failed to get breakthroughs at crucial junctures, with only Nasum Ahmed (2/22 in four overs) and Taskin Ahmed (3/38 in four overs) looking threatening in the first innings.

The target of 179 was always going to be challenging for the hosts, and Pakistan pacers Salman Mirza and Faheem Ashraf made that clear at the start. Bangladesh were on the back foot straight away in the powerplay, with the score being 29/5. Mirza and Ashraf put on a wonderful display of seam bowling, which included some beautiful nip-backers that crashed into the stumps to dismiss Litton Das, Jaker Ali, and Mahedi Hasan. The hosts continued to lose wickets and were finally bowled out for 104 runs, with Mohammad Saifuddin (35) being the only batter to cross the 30-run mark. The hosts lost the game by 74 runs, ruining the hopes of a clean sweep.

What a win!

Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 74 runs.

- Salman Mirza, Faheem Ashraf, Ahmad Daniyal, and Sahibzada Farhan are the stars and future prospects to look forward ahead of the Asia Cup 2025 and T20 World Cup 2026.
— Ahmad Haseeb (@iamAhmadhaseeb)

Huge win

HUGE WIN for Pakistan in the final T20I, but Bangladesh take the series 2-1 👏
— SAHIBZADA SANAULLAH (@MUMAIRTWEETS)

Comeback

Consolation win for Pakistan!

They bounce back strong in the 3rd T20I with a 74-run victory, bowling out Bangladesh for just 104 in 16.4 overs 🔥

🇧🇩 But the series belongs to Bangladesh, who seal it 2-1 👏

A mixed series with plenty of talking points!

— Sitarah Anjum Official (@SitarahAnjum)

Superb

Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 74 runs in 3rd and final t20
— Raja Muhammad Haseeb (@MHaseeb_Raja)

Commanding win

A commanding win for Pakistan in the final T20I, but it's Bangladesh who seal the series 2-1 👏🔥 | | |
— Sportify (@Sportify777)

Fantastic

Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 74 runs
— Ahmad (@CricJerry)

Wow

PAKISTAN DEFEATED BANGLADESH IN THE THIRD T20I BY 74 RUNS. 🇵🇰
— Abbey 🫀 (@CrickTrack360)

Clinical

Clinical performance by Pakistan tonight. This Bangladesh team has beaten Australia and New Zealand teams in Bangladesh before. They have just beaten Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.

They are not merely push overs specially in their own conditions. Pakistan needed to play better cricket…
— Basit Subhani (@BasitSubhani)

Bring back

After Pakistan lost the series against Bangladesh, Twitter was full of spaces & trends like “bring back Babar & Rizwan”, “bring back Shaheen & Naseem”. Now what will they say? As usual, they’ll go silent & wait for the next failure to push their agenda.
— ZARRAR|🇵🇰 (@QAZIZARRAR1)

Bangladesh seal it