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Dhaka: Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 2 runs to in a nerve wracking contest to lift the Asia Cup for the 2nd time. Bangladesh won people’s heart all around the world with their fabulous performance.

Pakistan's cricket team celebrate with the trophy after becoming Asian Champion © Reuters

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Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and decided to bowl first. Bangladesh started well first by taking the wicket of Nasir Jamshed (9) and then Younis Khan (1).

Misbah-ul-Haq (13) in the 15th over found himself stranded in the middle of the pitch and that’s why got run-out. An immense pressure was developed on Pakistani falcons in result of the scoreline 55/3.

Bengali tigers snatched 4th wicket in 22nd over by removing Mohammad Hafeez who struggled and scored 40 runs off 87 balls by hitting 4 FOURS.

Future of Pakistan – Umar Akmal and Hammad Azam built a good partnership of 69 runs to take Pakistan out of this situation. Shakib Al Hasan broke this partnership by taking the wicket of Hammad Azam (30), in the next over Pakistan also lost Umar Akmal (30) in a suspicious way, he was give caught behind but it wasn’t clear in replays that the ball kissed his bat or not on its way to the gloves of keeper.

Shahid Afridi played a much needed innings and scored 32 runs off 22 balls, he hit 4 beautiful FOURS & 1 stunning SIX. Sarfraz Ahmed took some time to get settled but played a sensible knock of 46.

Umar Gul and Saeed Ajmal scored 4 runs each. Aizaz Cheema remained not out at 9 with Sarfraz Ahmed (46). 19 runs were bagged by Pakistan in the last over which was bowled by Shahadat Hossain.

Pakistan ended up by scoring 236/9 in 50.0 overs. Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzaq and Shakib Al Hasan took 2, 2, 2 wickets. Nazmul Hossain and Mahmudullah took 1 wicket each.

Bangladesh went off to a good start, Tamim hit 2 FOURS to Gul in 4th & 6th over.  Nazimuddin looked nervous but kept his feet on the ground to build a solid partnership.

Nazimuddin enjoyed some luck, first when umpire Steve Davis didn’t gave him lbw out in the 10th over at the immense appeal of Saeed Ajmal and co. ; replays showed that the ball hit him in line and would have gone one to hit the stumps, Nazim was granted with another chance when he was dropped by Hammad in the 12th over at the ball of Cheema.

Pakistan finally in the 17th over got their first breakthrough when Shahid Afridi removed Nazimuddin (16), he was caught in the deep by Younis Khan, it was a superb take.

In the next over, Saeed Ajmal surprised Jahurul Islam (0) with his doosra and bought second wicket for Pakistan, Jahurul was caught in the slip by Younis Khan.

Tamim Iqbal (60) after scoring his 4th consecutive half century chipped one ball to extra cover where Younis took another good low catch. Tamim’s departure silenced the crowd. The score of Bangladesh was 81/3 in 23.1 overs.

Responsibility once again fell at the shoulders of Shakib Al Hasan and Nasir Hossain. Pakistani bowling attack dried up the runs, former captain Shahid Afridi bowled impressive spell and gave only 28 runs in his 10 overs, he also took 1 wicket.

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Shakib spanked 2 FOURS to Hammad Azam and released some pressure, his partner Nasir was still feeling it. Pakistan came back strongly again in the batting powerplay but failed to pick up any wicket, those 5 overs went for 21 runs (1 FOUR).

84 runs were required off 60 balls. Shakib first struck FOUR to Gul & then SIX to Cheema. It was all going in the favour of Bangladesh before the fall of Nasir Hossain who became victim of the short ball of Umar Gul, skipper Misbah-ul-Haq took an easy catch at mid wicket. Crowd which was cheering every  run was stunned.

Bangladeshi skipper Mushfiqur Rahim who smashed India in the last stages came in to bat in the final but in the next over he lost his partner Shakib who was playing at 68.

Crowd gave Shakib a standing ovation for playing a great innings. Pakistan kept on squeezing the runs and in the result got another wicket, this time the wicket of their captain Mushfiqur Rahim who scored 10.

Now everything was on the tail-enders. 39 runs were required off 24 balls, Mashrafe Mortaza hit 2 FOURS to Umar Gul and shifted the balance back to his team.

Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq gambled by bringing back Saeed Ajmal as he was going to bowl his last over but he proved his captain right by taking the wicket of Mashrafe Mortaza (18).

19 runs were required off 12 balls, Umar Gul bowled very good yorkers but he over-stepped in that over which gave a free-hit to Bangladesh, they got just 2 runs off it but the over went for 10 runs. Mahmudullah and Abdur Razzaq ran through the wickets quite well.

The equation was 9 runs off 6 balls. Misbah-ul-Haq handed over the ball to 32 year old Aizaz Cheema who was feeling huge pressure. Mahmudullah was on the strike, he took single off 1st ball, Abdur Razzaq earned a leg-bye at the 2nd ball, Aizaz bowled a slow legcutter; Mahmudullah didn’t read it and hence missed it, at the 4th ball; Mahmudullah played a shot towards long-off, fielder took time and threw the ball towards the keeper who flicked it onto the stumps but missed the target which resulted in an over-throw, Bangladeshi batsmen ran three runs, Pakistani players were looking dejected for poor work. 4 runs were required off 2 balls. On the next ball, Cheema clean bowled Abdur Razzaq. Some people in crowd were unable to feel the pressure and because of it they were crying, people were praying in and out of the stadium. Aizaz Cheema bowled a yorker on leg stump and Shahadat Hossain only managed to dug it out, he took a single and umpire gave it as a leg-bye.

Pakistan fielders ran towards Cheema and embraced him. He really held his nerve and bowled beautifully in the end. Bangladesh scored 234/8 in 50.0 overs. Aizaz Cheema bagged 3 wickets for 46 in 7 overs, Umar Gul & Saeed Ajmal took 2, 2 wickets and Shahid Afridi took 1 wicket.

Crowd was in deep shock after seeing this dramatic end, even the Bangladeshi players were weeping, those scenes were never easy to watch, tears were in the eyes of Nasir Hossain and Mahmudullah. Bangladeshi captain Mushfiqur Rahim was crying hard by embracing Shakib Al Hasan. It was no doubt a sad end for Bengalis who gave their heart, played an outstanding cricket and showed the world that they are capable of beating any big team. People from all around the world texted, even from Pakistan that “Bangladesh won our hearts”.

In year 2000′ Pakistan won their first Asia Cup under the captaincy of Moin Khan in Bangladesh and now in year 2012′ Pakistan won their second Asia Cup under the captaincy of Misbah-ul-Haq Khan again in Bangladesh. They focused on their target and gifted their nation and fans a beautiful victory, this has doubled the happiness for Pakistanis as they celebrates 23rd March as ‘Pakistan Day’. Many many congratulations to them from ‘World Of Cricket’.

The next Asia Cup will be held in UAE in year 2014′ and there are reports that more then 4 teams will participate in it.

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Result: Pakistan won by 2 runs.

Man Of The Match: Shahid Afridi (Pakistan).

Man Of The Tournament: Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh).

Dhaka: Bangladesh delivered an upset 5-wicket defeat to India. The remarkable 100th international century of master-blaster Sachin Tendulkar went in vain.

Bangladesh defeated India after 5 years © AFP

Bangladesh won the toss and decided to field first. Gautam Gambhir and Sachin Tendulkar started the innings, India lost their first wicket at 25 when Shafiul Islam bowled Gambhir (11).

Virat Kohli then came in and supported Tendulkar in his art work. Both played really good looking shot, specially the ‘little-master’ was looking in great touch.

Kohli (66) after making 2nd wicket partnership worth 148 with Tendulkar got out to Abdur Razzaq in the start of 3rd powerplay. Suresh Raina was promoted up the order to use the powerplay as the score of India was 173/2 in 35.5 overs.

Sachin reached to his 100th international century in 44th over by taking single; his team-mates, fans were on the feet, Bangladeshi fielders congratulated him and he raised his bat to acknowledge the praise. It was not only a proud moment for India but also for Cricket. It is a milestone which may never be achieved again.

In the 47th over, Mashrafe Mortaza first sent Raina (51) back in the pavilion and then sent legend Tendulkar back. The master scored 114 off 147 balls and struck 12 FOURS & 1 SIX.

Rohit Sharma (4) didn’t last long, he was undone by a beautiful throw of Nasir Hossain. MS Dhoni added 21 runs and remained not-out with Jadeja (4).

India with the accomplishment of Sachin mounted a huge score of 289 in 50.0 overs and lost 5 wickets. Mortaza took 2 wickets, Shafiul Islam and Abdur Razzaq took 1 wicket each.

Tamim & Nazimuddin started things for Bangladesh. Team India received gift when Nazimuddin skied one ball high up in the air and Rohit took an easy catch.

Jahurul Islam who was playing his 8th ODI played a good knock with Tamim, both showed their aggressive intent and raised a partnership of 113 runs. Jahurul after making his 1st international fifty got out to Jadeja.

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Young batsman Nasir Hossain came in but then settled Tamim Iqbal got out after making 70, he gave a good platform to the follow-up batsmen. Old captain and one of world’s best all rounders; Shakib Al Hasan joined Nasir in Bangladesh’s interest.

Both took Indian bowlers on their target and nailed them. World Of Cricket never witnessed such hard hitting from Bangladesh before.

After scoring 49 off 31, Shakib got out to Ashwin, he was given stump-out, replays showed that his one foot was out of the line, one was on the line and the line belongs to the 3rd umpire who gave Shakib out.

It was a good and important breakthrough for India but they never what is coming next. Bangladeshi captain Mushfiqur Rahim hit 2 consecutive Sixes to Irfan Pathan in 48th over, then a FOUR & a SIX in the next over to Parveen Kumar which took the game completely away from India.

Nasir Hossain skied one in greed of ending the game in style and was caught out as 2 runs were required off 8 balls. In the next over, new batsman Mahmudullah hit FOUR to win the game.

He embraced Mushfiqur Rahim and the other Bangladeshi players from the pavilion ran out to celebrate their outstanding victory. Bangladesh scored 293/5 in 49.2 overs to win the game. Parveen Kumar took 3 wickets for 56 in 10 overs, Ravichandran Ashwin & Jadeja took 1, 1 wicket.

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was honoured with souvenir by Bangladesh Cricket Board, it was presented by its president Mustafa Kamal.

Last time when Bangladesh defeated India was 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup (West Indies) [March 17, 2007], it was also a 5-wicket victory and was also a group match, India was bowled out in it for 191 and Bangladesh chased it successfully in 48.3 overs.

This victory of Bangladesh will keep the tournament alive, Pakistan who is on top of the group with 9 points can still find itself in a problem as India is at no.2 with 4 points and Bangladesh is at no.3 with 4 points (positions are different because of run-rate). India will face Pakistan in the next match on March 18, 2012 and Bangladesh will face Sri Lanka on March 20, 2012.

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Result: Bangladesh won by 5 wickets.

Man Of The Match: Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh).

Dhaka: Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 21 runs in a nerve-wracking contest. Thanks to the all-round performances of Mohammad Hafeez & Umar Gul.

Umar Gul celebrates Nasir Hossain's wicket as Shakib Al Hasan watches, Bangladesh v Pakistan, Asia Cup, Mirpur, March 11, 2012 © Associated Press

Mushfiqur Rahim, captain of Bangladesh won the toss & decided to field first, it was a surprising decision for all cricket experts, even the captain of opposite side Misbah-ul-Haq was looking to bat first.

Mohammad Hafeez & Nasir Jamshed started watchfully but provided a good platform for the middle-order to stretch the innings.

Both openers added 135 runs together, Nasir who was making his comeback got run-out because of miscommunication with his partner, he played a handy knock of 54 runs (64 balls faced, hit 5 FOURs & 1 SIX).

Younis Khan didn’t trouble the score much as he caught out at 12. Junior Akmal tried to rebuild the innings but then Shahadat Hossain undone Mohammad Hafeez with a short ball who batted beautifully & scored 89 runs (126 balls faced, hit 7 FOURS).

Asad (4) was the next one to go, he also got out in the same M. Hafeez’s fashion. Umar Akmal, once again played a wrong shot just when he was looking settled, he went for 21.

Bangladesh received a huge bonus when BOOM BOOM Afridi (0) played the first ball he faced back to Shakib Al Hasan, it bounced of bowler’s hand, then hit on his left hand which went up on the right side where other batsman Misbah-ul-Haq was standing, the ball hit the grills of the helmet of Misbah and Shakib because of this favour completed a good catch. It was unlucky for Shahid Afridi who was just 1 run away from 7,000 ODI run-mark.

This wasn’t the end of the mystery, it continued as left-arm spinner Abdur Razzaq bowled Pakistani skipper Misbah-ul-Haq (8) with an arm ball.

Pakistan which was 135/1 fell brutally to 198/7. Sarfraz Ahmed & Umar Gul gave some stance to the Pakistani innings by adding 53 runs off 46 balls. Umar Gul fired with the bat as he scored 39 off 25 balls by hitting 5 FOURS & 1 SIX. Sarfraz Ahmed & Saeed Ajmal remained not-out at 19 & 8 respectively.

Pakistan closed their innings at 262/8 which was indeed a reasonable total on the batting track which was a bit slow. Bangladeshi bowlers bowled good, Shahdat Hossain was a bit expensive as he gave 53 runs in 8.0 overs but took 3 vital wickets, Shakib Al Hasan took 2 wickets, Abdur Razzaq & Mashrafe Mortaza took 1, 1 wicket.

Tamim Iqbal & Nazimuddin opened innings for the Bengali tigers. Both provided a steady start to their team, Nazimuddin (30) was the first one to go, he was undone by a short ball of Cheema & was caught at 3rd man position by Umar Gul.

Tamim was looking out of colour as he was blocking balls instead of playing big shots, Jahurul Islam looked aggressive and several time came down the pitch to hit Afridi out of the park but failed many times because of the experience of BOOM BOOM.

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Afridi in the 21st over clean bowled Jahurul at the score of 23. In his next over, Afridi again clean bowled Bengali batsman but this time it was Bangladeshi captain Mushfiqur Rahim (3).

Home fans were disappointed to see the back of their captain, after adding 23 runs with Shakib, Tamim (64) became victim of Mohammad Hafeez who was testing him from the start of the innings. Mahmudullah followed him back to the pavilion as he got lbw out to M. Hafeez.

5-135 was the score of Bangladesh. This situation silenced the crowd but their star hitters Shakib Al Hasan & Nasir Hossain brought them back alive by playing some fabulous cricket.

Both irritated Pakistani bowlers and fielders, the game was just slipping off their hands until the guldozer – Umar Gul came back with extra-ordinary stunts. He broke the partnership by taking the golden wicket of flyer Nasir Hossain who was on 47 (49 balls faced , hit 3 FOURS & 1 SIX).

Then Saeed Ajmal came with a bang to take two wickets in an over; 1st clean bowled Abdur Razzaq with his off-spinner & then Mashrafe Mortaza with his doosra.

All these events stunned the crowd, in the next over, Gul came back & cleaned Shafiul Islam, Bangladesh was now down to 9 wickets for 235 & still 28 runs were required off 24 balls, the target was indeed chasable but only 1 wicket was in their hand.

Shakib at the other end was stranded and in the next over tried to take pressure off his team by hitting  a FOUR to Saeed Ajmal. But after that shot, it went all in favour of Pakistani bowlers, first Ajmal & then Cheema bowled on pretty good line & length which took the game way away of Bangladesh.

The required run-rate went very high as 11 R.P.O were required & 2 overs were in the bucket. Mr. Gulli came back with superb ball which pitched in good length area, Shakib swung his bat hard but missed the ball and got clean bowled. Credit goes to Shakib Al Hasan who tried his best and gave his heart to Bangladeshi crowd & team’s effort, he scored 64 runs off 66 balls & hit 4 FOURS.

That was the end of the Bangladeshi innings, they fell apart down to 241 in 48.1 overs. Pakistani bowlers once again snatched victory from the opposition, the leader of the attack – Umar Gul took 3 wickets for 58 runs in 9.1 overs, a bit expensive but he will not mind, Mohammad Hafeez took 2 wickets for 40, Saeed Ajmal took 2 wickets for 45 runs, Shahid Afridi took 2 wickets for 49 runs & Aizaz Cheema took 1 for 47 in 9 overs.

A pretty good start for Pakistan, under new head coach Dav Whatmore, they’ll be looking forward to improve their batting which cost them many matches. Bangladesh was pretty close to win the game but they missed the trick to hold their nerves, they were outstanding in the fielding, ex-Pakistani cricketer who is now a commentator Ramiz Raja said that “Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) really helped Bangladeshi players to keep fit & tight in the field.”

This is Pakistan’s 23rd consecutive win against Bangladesh in ODI’s. Pakistan so far has played 30 ODI’s against Bangladesh, won 29 and lost just 1 (in ICC World Cup 1999 on 31st of May at Northampton – England when Bangladesh set target of 224 & Pakistan got out at 161).

The 2nd match of ACC Asia Cup 2012 will be played between India & Sri Lanka on March 13, 2012 here in Dhaka.

Result: Pakistan won by 21 runs.

Man Of The Match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan).

Dhaka: Pakistan just beat the fading light to win the second test against Bangladesh by seven wickets on Wednesday and complete a 2-0 series sweep.

Pakistan's cricket team pose with the winning trophy after they won the cricket series against Bangladesh © Reuters

Short Scores:

Bangladesh 1st Innings: 338/10 in 107.2 overs.

Pakistan 1st Innings: 470/10 in 154.5 overs.

Bangladesh 2nd Innings: 234/10 in 82.1 overs.

Pakistan 2nd Innings: 107/3 in 20.5 overs.

Bangladesh lost its last five wickets for 22 runs in the afternoon session as it collapsed to 234 all out in its second innings, giving Pakistan a target of 103 runs to win with just over a session to play.

Mohammad Hafeez top-scored for the tourists with 47 while Azhar Ali made 34 to lead the Pakistan charge. Both fell late on, leaving captain Misbah-ul-Haq to hit the winning runs with a six over long-off to take the tourists to 107-3.

In the morning session, Bangladesh’s hopes of a draw looked good after Nasir Hossain and skipper Mushfiqur Rahim made a 117-run partnership for the sixth wicket.

Nasir’s 79 came off 172 balls and with 11 boundaries while Rahim collected his 53 from 143 balls that included seven boundaries.

But some adept spin bowling by Pakistan led to a familiar batting collapse by the hosts and set up the win for Misbah’s team.

Abdur Rehman led the bowling attack by taking 4-51 while Umar Gul, Aizaz Cheema and Saeed Ajmal took two wickets each for Pakistan.

The floodlights were already on by the time Pakistan began its run chase. Taufeeq Umar was dismissed for 3 early on when he was caught by Nazimuddin off the bowling of Nazmul Hossain.

Hafeez and Azhar put Pakistan back on the winning trail with a second-wicket partnership of 63. Misbah (16 not out) and man-of-the-series Younis Khan (6 not out) took Pakistan home.

Pakistan has moved up to no.5 in the ICC Test Ranking with this win. Pakistan also won the three one-dayers and the lone Twenty20 game. It next travels to the United Arab Emirates for a three-test series against No.1-ranked England followed by four one-dayers and three Twenty20 matches.

Result: Pakistan won by 7 wickets.

Man Of The Match: Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh).

Winner Of The Series: Pakistan by 2-0.

Man Of The Series: Younis Khan (Pakistan).

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Comments by both captains, man of the match and man of the series:

Mushfiqur Rahim (Captain of Bangladesh): ”The bowlers did a very good job. This is one of the games in which we couldn’t catch properly. After a bad defeat in the first Test the guys showed a lot of character. Nasir also batted really well.”

Misbah-ul-Haq (Captain of Pakistan): ”The players are understanding their roles in Test cricket and that is helping us. The players, management is responding well. Bangladesh did well to put together partnerships and they gave us a tough time in this Test.”

Shakib Al Hasan (Man Of The Match): “Hopefully we will improve. We have two months to improve on many things before the Asia Cup. Personally I’m satisfied with my form.”

Younis Khan (Man Of The Series): ”It’s hardto play back to back series but in the end it was a happy ending. Bangladesh are improving, all they need is to play more Tests and stick with the same guys.”

Chittagong: Abdur Rehman grabbed four wickets as Pakistan thrashed Bangladesh by an innings and 184 runs on the penultimate day of the opening Test.

Misbah-ul-Haq's men have won five Tests out of nine in 2011 © AFP

Short Scores:

Bangladesh 1st Innings: 135/10 in 51.2 overs.

Pakistan 1st Innings: 594/5d in 176.5 overs.

Bangladesh 2nd Innings: 275/9 in 82.3 overs.

The left-arm spinner finished with 4-88 as Bangladesh, trailing by 459 runs, were bowled out for 275 in their second innings after lunch to suffer their 62nd defeat in 72 Tests.

Rehman, off-spinner Saeed Ajmal and paceman Aizaz Cheema shared five wickets that fell on a fourth-day track offering help to spinners after Bangladesh had resumed at 134-4.

Fast bowler Rubel Hossain did not bat due a shoulder injury, suffered while fielding on Sunday.

Debutant Mohammed Nazimuddin (78), Shakib Al Hasan (51) and skipper  Mushfiqur Rahim (49) were the main run-getters for Bangladesh.

Cheema ended the innings when he had Shahadat Hossain (21) caught by Umar Gul in the covers in his first over with the second new ball.

Rehman dismissed well-set Nazimuddin and former captain Shakib in the morning session before accounting for Rahim to finish the match with seven wickets after having taken three in the first innings.

Ajmal was the other wicket-taker in the morning when he bowled Mohammad Mahmudullah for no score.

Nazimuddin was involved in two stands, adding 78 runs for the fifth wicket with Shakib and 47 for the next with Rahim before being caught by Ajmal at mid-off.

Opener Nazimuddin, 41 overnight, hit two sixes and nine fours in his 186-ball knock.

Nazimuddin, who was the second-highest scorer in the first innings with 31, defied the Pakistani attack for more than an hour and completed his half-century when he turned Rehman to deep mid-wicket for three runs.

He then played a couple of big shots, lofting Rehman over extra cover and then Ajmal over mid-wicket for sixes. He gave two chances off Ajmal after completing his half-century but wicket-keeper Adnan Akmal missed both.

Bangladesh had added only 24 runs to their overnight total when Shakib was trapped leg-before by Rehman after hitting eight fours in his ninth Test half-century.

Pakistan had on Sunday posted a mammoth 594-5 declared in their first innings in reply to Bangladesh’s 135, with Younis Khan (200 not out), Mohammad Hafeez (143) and Asad Shafiq (104) being the main scorers.

The second and final Test starts in Dhaka on Saturday.

Result: Pakistan won by an innings and 184 runs.

Man Of The Match: Younis Khan (Pakistan).

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Chittagong: Pakistan’s spinners revelled in helpful conditions to crush Bangladesh by 58 runs in the third and final one-day international on Tuesday to win the series 3-0.

The Pakistan team poses with series trophy © AFP

The tourists, bowled out for a modest 177, hit back to dismiss Bangladesh for 119 on a wicket that turned and bounced at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium in the port city of Chittagong.

Shoaib Malik marked his 200th one-day appearance with three wickets for six runs in four overs and fellow off-spinner Mohammad Hafeez picked up three for 27 as the Tigers were shot out in 38 overs.

It was Pakistan’s 28th win in 29 one-dayers against Bangladesh, boosting the confidence of Misbah-ul-Haq’s men ahead of the two-Test series starting on Friday.

The match was interrupted for 20 minutes in the second session when the floodlights went off, plunging the entire stadium in total darkness.

Bangladesh were sailing smoothly at 69-1 in the 20th over when five wickets crashed for 14 runs to allow Pakistan to bounce back in the match.

Bangladesh lost opener Tamim Iqbal off the first ball of the innings, bowled by Hafeez, before Shahriar Nafees and Mohammad Mahmudullah put on 69 for the second wicket.

The home team lost Nafees (25), skipper Mushfiqur Rahim (0) and Mahmudullah (35) in the space of three runs — all leg-before to the spinners — to slide to 72-4 by the 22nd over.

Hafeez took a return catch of Shakib Al Hasan in his final over before Nasir Hossain, who scored a century in the last match, was caught off Abdur Rehman for three.

Farhad Reza and Alok Kapali delayed the end with a seventh-wicket stand of 34, before Malik polished off the tail to complete his team’s emphatic win.

Earlier, Bangladesh spinners Abdur Razzak and Mahmudullah shared six wickets to bowl Pakistan out cheaply.

Left-armer Razzak claimed three for 21 in 10 overs and off-spinner Mahmudullah grabbed three wickets in seven balls as Pakistan folded in 46.1 overs.

Umar Akmal top-scored with 57 and Misbah made 47, the pair adding 94 for the fourth wicket after Pakistan were reduced to 39-3 by the 12th over.

Pakistan made a shaky start, failing to score off the first 15 deliveries after Hafeez was caught in the covers from the fourth ball of the innings.

Misbah and Akmal stayed together till the 36th over to rebuild the innings before Razzak struck twice in his eighth over.

Pakistan leveled the world record of winning 22 consecutive ODI’s against any team, Pakistan done it against Bangladesh. Mohammad Hafeez has moved up to no.2 in the ICC ODI ranking for bowlers. Two Pakistani bowlers (Saeed Ajmal & Mohmmad Hafeez) are now holding the top two world spots.

This is the 6th consecutive ODI series win for Pakistan. 2011 proved to be a fantastic year for Pakistan.

Result: Pakistan won by runs.

Man Of The Match: Umar Akmal (Pakistan).

Winner Of The Series: Pakistan by 3-0.

Man Of The Series: Umar Akmal (Pakistan).

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Comments by both captains and by man of the series:

Mushfiqur Rahim (Captain of Bangladesh): ”Our bowlers did well all series, but our batsmen let us down. Hopefully we will overcome this in two days and do well in the Tests.”

Misbah-ul-Haq (Captain of Pakistan): ”This was a really tough game, and our bowlers did wonderfully. We need to improve our batting though. When there is self-belief, you manage to get through. Bangladesh were only one wicket down when the lights went out, and we were a little down. But Mohsin and Ijaz assured us that the game isn’t over, and a wicket would bring us back. Umar came in a difficult situation, read the pitch well and that’s what was required. Good to have everyone performing, and winning games from such difficult positions.”

Umar Akmal (Man Of The Series): ”It was a difficult wicket, Misbah asked me to build a stand, the ball was skidding, but it got easier. Both batting and keeping are difficult, since our bowlers are good. Thanks to Shahid Azlam Saab for helping me with my work-outs.”