Pakistan will square off against Bangladesh in the ninth match of the ongoing Champions Trophy at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi on Thursday. This will be a dead rubber contest as both of these two teams have been knocked out of the eight-team tournament after losing their opening two games.
Pakistan lost their previous match against India by six wickets after they were skittled out for only 241. On the other hand, Bangladesh could only manage 236 runs on the board against New Zealand in their last game. Thus, both teams will need to come up with an improved batting show as they will play for pride in their last game of the tournament.
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Najmul Hossain Shanto will play his 50th ODI match.
Towhid Hridoy needs 16 to reach the 1000-run mark in ODIs.
Tanzid Hasan needs 38 runs to complete 500 runs in ODIs.
Mushfiqur Rahim needs one more fifty to complete 50 fifties.
Saud Saukeel needs 92 runs to complete 500 ODI runs.
Mohammad Rizwan needs three catches to complete 100 catches in ODIs.
Salman Agha needs 24 runs to complete 1000 runs in the ODI format.
Naseem Shah needs three wickets to complete 50 scalps in the ODI version.
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (c), Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Bangladesh: Nazmul Hossain Shanto (c), Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali Anik, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Parvez Hossai Emon, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nahid Rana.
