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Former champions Pakistan kept alive their slender chances of making the semi-finals of the 50-overs World Cup with a comprehensive seven-wicket victory against Bangladesh on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Electing to bat, Bangladesh could never really recover from a top order collapse and posted a modest 204 before being all out in the 46th over at the Eden Gardens.<\/p>\n
Pakistan\u2019s three-pronged pace attack impressed with the new ball and were equally effective in the death overs with only Mahmudullah (56) managing a half-century for Bangladesh.<\/p>\n
Shaheen\u2019s 3-23 helped Pakistan dismiss Bangladesh for just 204 in 45.1 overs before Fakhar Zaman\u2019s 74-ball 81 and Abdullah Shafique\u2019s 69-ball 68 guided Pakistan over the line for the loss of three wickets with 105 balls to spare.<\/p>\n The victory revived Pakistan\u2019s outside hopes of reaching the semi-finals with six points from seven matches.<\/p>\n They still need to win against New Zealand (November 4 in Bengaluru) and England (Kolkata on November 11) and also hope other results go their way if they are to stay in the tournament.<\/p>\n In contrast, Bangladesh became the first side to crash out of the ten-team event with just one win from seven games.<\/p>\n Needing to improve their net run-rate, Zaman and Shafique cruised to 128 by the 22nd over.<\/p>\n Shafique hit nine boundaries and two sixes as he made his third half century in addition to a hundred in the tournament.<\/p>\n He fell leg-before to spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz while skipper Babar Azam holed out to the same bowler for nine.<\/p>\n Zaman, who recovered from a knee injury to replace Imam-ul-Haq in one of three changes for Pakistan, smashed seven sixes and three boundaries, his 16th ODI fifty, but first after 11 innings.<\/p>\n He holed out to Miraz in the 28th over but Mohammad Rizwan (26) and Iftikhar Ahmed (17) remained undefeated to complete the modest chase.<\/p>\n Miraz finished with 3-60, the only bright spot in Bangladesh\u2019s bowling.<\/p>\n Earlier, Shaheen and fellow fast bowlers Wasim (3-31) and Haris Rauf (2-36) ripped through Bangladesh.<\/p>\n The pace trio were too hot to handle as Bangladesh struggled on a dry and slow Eden Gardens pitch.<\/p>\n Bangladesh, who won the toss and batted, only passed the 200-mark thanks to a solid 70-ball 56 from Mahmudullah, 45 by Liton Das and skipper Shakib Al Hasan\u2019s 64-ball 43.<\/p>\n Shaheen struck with the fifth ball of his first over, trapping opener Tanzid Hasan right in front of the stumps and then saw Usama Mir clutch on to a flick off Najmul Hossain Shanto (four) in his next.<\/p>\n The first dismissal gave Shaheen his 100th wicket in his 51st one-day international, making him the 21st Pakistani bowler with a century of wickets. It took a 79-run stand between Mahmudullah and Liton to carry Bangladesh to 102 when Iftikhar broke the stand with a soft dismissal of Liton, caught off a loose shot. Liton hit six boundaries in his 64-ball knock.<\/p>\n Shaheen came back for his second spell to finish off Mahmudullah, bowling him with a superb outswinger that hit the top of the off stump.<\/p>\n Mahmudullah\u2019s knock had a six and six boundaries.<\/p>\n Shaheen joined Australian spinner Adam Zampa as the top wicket-taker at this World Cup with 16.<\/p>\n Shakib, who had a poor tournament with just 61 runs in five innings ahead of Tuesday\u2019s game, mistimed a hook off Rauf and was caught by Agha Salman after hitting four boundaries.<\/p>\n Miraz hit a six and a boundary to score a 30-ball 25 but Wasim removed him and then Taskin Ahmed (six) and Mustafizur Rahman (three) in successive overs as Bangladesh lost their last six wickets for 74 runs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former champions Pakistan kept alive their slender chances of making the semi-finals of the 50-overs World Cup with a comprehensive seven-wicket victory against Bangladesh on Tuesday. 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\nPace partner Haris made it 23-3 with the wicket of veteran Mushfiqur Rahim, caught behind for five in the sixth over.<\/p>\n