Is this the new team of Pakistan? Surrender to speed, Afridi and company trapped in Rana's claws, Bangladesh's one-sided victory

New Delhi. Bangladesh surprised the cricket world by defeating Pakistan by 8 wickets in the first ODI played at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur. After losing the toss and opting to bat first, the Pakistani team, captained by Shaheen Afridi, fell apart like a pack of cards in front of the stormy bowling of Nahid Rana and the entire team was reduced to just 114 runs. Bangladeshi batsmen achieved the easy target of 115 runs by losing just 2 wickets. With this victory, Bangladesh has taken a 1-0 lead in the series. Taking advantage of the home conditions, the host team completely defeated Pakistan in every department of the game.

Chasing the target of 115 runs, Bangladesh team achieved the target in 15.1 overs at the loss of 2 wickets. For Bangladesh, Tanjid Hasan Tamim played the highest innings of 67 runs while Nazmul Hussain Shanto was out after scoring 27 runs. Opener Saif Hasan returned to the pavilion after scoring four runs, while Liton Das returned unbeaten after scoring three runs. For Pakistan, Shaheen Afridi and Wasim Junior took one wicket each.

This victory of Bangladesh against Pakistan after the 2018 Asia Cup completely tells the story of the dominance of the host team. The real hero of this victory was young fast bowler Nahid Rana, who destroyed Pakistan's batting order with his fiery balls. Pakistan had a cautious start and added 41 runs for the first wicket, but after this came the storm of Nahid Rana. Nahid broke the back of Pakistan by sending the top 5 batsmen to the pavilion. He could have taken his sixth wicket also, but Bangladesh did not take review against Faheem Ashraf. In the end, thanks to some struggling batting by Faheem and 3 wickets of captain Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Pakistan was reduced to 114 runs.

Nahid Rana created an uproar by taking 5 wickets in Dhaka ODI.

Chasing the small target was just a formality for Bangladesh. Opener Tanjid Hasan Tamim played an aggressive inning of 67 runs and hit sky-high sixes against Pakistani spinners. Pakistan's bowlers could not leave any impact in this match and Bangladesh took a 1-0 lead.

After losing the toss and opting to bat first in Mirpur ODI, the entire Pakistan team was all out for 114 runs in 30.4 overs. Pakistan had a good start, where Sahibzada Farhan (27) and Maaz Sadakat (18) added 41 runs for the first wicket. But as soon as Nahid Rana arrived, the tables turned. Rana dismissed the top five batsmen Farhan, Maaz, Shamil Hussain, Mohammad Rizwan (10) and Salman Agha and reduced Pakistan's score to 58/5.

In the middle order, Hussain Talat (4) and Abdul Samad (0) also got caught in the spin of captain Mehdi Hasan Miraj. In the end, Faheem Ashraf played a fighting inning of 37 runs in 47 balls and took the team beyond 100. Captain Shaheen Afridi also scored 4 runs