Quick bowlers Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman starred with the ball as Bangladesh cruised to a seven-wicket win over Pakistan within the first T20I in Dhaka on Sunday. Chasing a modest 111, opener Parvez Hossain smashed an unbeaten 56 to seal victory in simply 15.3 overs and provides the hosts a 1-0 lead within the three-match sequence.Put into bat, Pakistan crumbled to their lowest T20I complete towards Bangladesh — 110 all out in 19.3 overs. Taskin returned figures of three for 22, whereas Mustafizur was miserly with 2 for six in 4 overs. Pakistan’s earlier lowest towards Bangladesh was 127/5 on the similar venue in 2021.Regardless of an early double-strike from debutant pacer Salman Mirza (2/23), who dismissed Tanzid Hasan and Litton Das cheaply, Bangladesh recovered swiftly. Parvez and Towhid Hridoy (36) stitched collectively an important 73-run stand for the third wicket to ease the chase.Parvez was in effective type, hitting 5 sixes and three boundaries throughout his 39-ball knock, ending unbeaten on 56.The win marked solely Bangladesh’s fourth victory over Pakistan in 23 T20Is.Earlier, Pakistan endured a nightmare begin, shedding half their aspect for simply 46 by the eighth over. Saim Ayub (6), Mohammad Haris (4), captain Salman Agha (3), Hasan Nawaz (0), and Mohammad Nawaz (3) all fell cheaply.

Fakhar Zaman top-scored with 44 off 34 balls, together with six fours and a six. He was twice reprieved — on 4 and 30 — earlier than being run out after a mix-up with Khushdil Shah. Shah (17) and Abbas Afridi (22) later added 33 runs for the seventh wicket to take Pakistan previous the 100-run mark.Reflecting on the loss, skipper Salman Agha mentioned: “It wasn’t sufficient on the board as we misplaced wickets at common intervals, which we now have to speak about earlier than the second recreation.”Litton Das acknowledged the problem of batting on a sluggish pitch: “It’s not a simple wicket to bat on, however the way in which we batted, it appeared good. We took early wickets and that’s the important thing level.”The second and third T20Is may also be performed in Dhaka, on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively.