{"id":1966,"date":"2026-10-01T11:03:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=1966"},"modified":"2026-10-01T11:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:03:44","slug":"pakistan-recover-from-53-4-to-beat-bangladesh-reach-asian-games-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=1966","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan recover from 53-4 to beat Bangladesh, reach Asian Games final"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An unbeaten 30 from Abdul Samad and 27 not out from Hasan Nawaz helped Pakistan defeat Bangladesh by six wickets in the first semi-final of the Asian Games men\u2019s cricket competition at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin on Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chasing 112 in 13 overs, Pakistan recovered from 53-4 to reach the target in 11.3 overs, with Samad and Hasan putting together an unbeaten 59-run fifth-wicket partnership.<\/p>\n

Samad provided the crucial acceleration, smashing 30 not out off just 15 balls, including five fours and a six.<\/p>\n

He swung the match decisively in Pakistan\u2019s favour in the 10th over when he took apart Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman.<\/p>\n

Pakistan needed 36 runs from the final four overs when Hasan took a single off the first ball.<\/p>\n

Samad then hit Mustafizur for a six over long-on before following it with four consecutive boundaries.<\/p>\n

The over produced 23 runs, leaving Pakistan needing only 13 from the final 18 balls.<\/p>\n

Samad scored 22 runs from the five deliveries he faced in the over as Pakistan moved from 76-4 to 99-4.<\/p>\n

Hasan provided valuable support, finishing unbeaten on 27 off 22 balls, with two fours and two sixes.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Pakistan lost captain Sahibzada Farhan for one before T20I debutant Maaz Sadaqat, Saim Ayub and Usman Khan also departed inside the first seven overs.<\/p>\n

Saim scored 21 off 12 balls, including two sixes, while Maaz made a quick 15 off seven.<\/p>\n

At 53-4, Bangladesh appeared to have an opening, but Samad and Hasan\u2019s unbeaten partnership took Pakistan comfortably into the gold-medal match.<\/p>\n

Batting first after being asked to do so, Bangladesh scored 111-7 in their allotted 13 overs.<\/p>\n

Towhid Hridoy top-scored with 42 off 25 balls, hitting two fours and four sixes, while Saif Hassan made 19.<\/p>\n

Pakistan\u2019s spinners kept Bangladesh under pressure despite Hridoy\u2019s counterattack.<\/p>\n

Sufyan Moqim was the pick of the bowlers with 3-26, while Arafat Minhas took 2-23.<\/p>\n

Saim Ayub also claimed a wicket after conceding just three runs from his two overs.<\/p>\n

Pakistan will face the winner of the second semi-final between India and Sri Lanka in the gold-medal match on Saturday, October 3, at the same venue.<\/p>\n

Scores in brief:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pakistan beat Bangladesh by six wickets<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bangladesh 111-7, 13 overs (Towhid Hridoy 42, Saif Hassan 19; Sufyan Moqim 3-26, Arafat Minhas 2-23)<\/p>\n

Pakistan 112-4, 11.3 overs (Abdul Samad 30 not out, Hasan Nawaz 27 not out, Saim Ayub 21; Mahedi Hasan 1-17, Rishad Hossain 1-12)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An unbeaten 30 from Abdul Samad and 27 not out from Hasan Nawaz helped Pakistan defeat Bangladesh by six wickets in the first semi-final of the Asian Games men\u2019s cricket competition at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin on Thursday. Chasing 112 in 13 overs, Pakistan recovered from 53-4 to reach the target in 11.3 overs, with Samad and Hasan putting together an unbeaten 59-run fifth-wicket partnership. Samad provided the crucial acceleration, smashing 30 not out off just 15 balls, including five fours and a six. He swung the match decisively…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}