17th April, Dhaka (CRICKETNMORE) - Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 79 runs in the first of the three-match One-Day International series at Shere Bangla National Stadium, here.
Brief Score
Bangladesh - 329/6 in 50 Overs (T Iqbal - 132, Mushfiqur Rahim - 106, W Riaz - 4/59)
Pakistan - 250/10 in 45.2 Overs (A Ali - 72, Rizwan - 67, A Sunny - 3/47, T Ahmed - 3/42)
Quotes
Mushfiqur Rahim (Man of the match) : First of all, I am lucky to get this award, Tamim played brilliant innings, may be he will receive it next time. I would like to dedicate this one to my wife. Preparations was pretty good before the game. Hopefully there will be someone else performing in the next game, that is the reason we have been performing well over the last couple of months. Taskin and Sunny bowled well, it wasn't an easy wicket to bowl on.
Shakib Al Hasan : Tamim and Rahim batted really well, it was a good wicket but we never thought we will get to such a big total, Rahim and Tamim batted exceptionally well. It was a team performance. Great performance from bowling and batting unit. Hopefully we continue with the same intensity. We are now confident that we can win the series. Overall thanks to everyone for supporting us.
Azhar Ali : Yeah we made some mistakes in the field, we dropped catches at the wrong time. Credit to the Bangladeshi batsmen, we allowed them to score 20-30 extra runs. Lot of positives from this game, Rizwan for impressive. We made some mistakes and hopefully we correct it 2nd time around. In bowling too we made some mistake. We will try to fix our problem and come back strong in the 2nd game although there is just one day break but we will look to get our problems sorted.