Pakistani players celebrate the release of Bangladeshi Jakeer Ali (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) On Thursday, Pakistan secured a thrilling 11-run victory over Bangladesh in the Asia Cup Super 4S match in Dubai, which successfully prevented a modest 135 to reach the final of the tournament against India. Captain Salman Ali Agha attributed the special quality of his team after their supervisors brought a remarkable performance.Pakistani pistors strengthened when it mattered the most, and helped their team to book their first Asia Cup Final Showdown with Arch-Rivals India. The upcoming final will mean its third meeting at the tournament after previous meetings in the group phase and Super Fours.
“Conditions did not allow us a score of 200”: Salman Ali Agha is prevented by Pakistan after the losses of the Asia Cup
“If you win these games, then we have to be a special team. Everyone played really well. A certain improvement is needed.
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The Pakistanian captain expressed confidence in the ability of his team before the finals. “Very excited. We know what we have to do, and we’re a good team to beat someone, and we’ll come on Sunday and try to beat them,” he added.Shaheen Shah Afridi won the Player-of-The-Match Award for his versatile performance, contributed 19 escapes out of 13 balls and took 3/17 with the ball.“Shaheen is a special player. He does what the team needs from him. Very happy for him. We were 15 runs. The way we bowed forward is to create pressure. We bowed well with the new ball.The captain also emphasized the improved team’s efforts. “We stood well … We had another meeting. Mike Hesson said that if you can’t field, you won’t be on the team.”Afridi shared their view of the performance of the winning match. “Soon, as a team, we need a breakthrough and I go to it. In a small sum, you need premature breakthroughs and we planned it. Three overs in powerplay – that’s a difference,” he said.When he talked about his toss post, Afridi added: “After early goals, the team decided (to let go of me) and take over the pitch. This six turned to our end.”When Afridi asked about the upcoming final against India, he simply said, “We are ready.”Meanwhile, Bangladesh Captain Jaker Ali scored their consecutive losses with a bad gathering by the bats. Bangladesh had previously lost to India in his last Super 4S match on Wednesday.“As a branding unit, the last two games we lost it. We did a good job with a bowling unit. Yesterday we also cost us a game,” said Jaker.He also thought about his experience with the leadership: “I tried to take these chances. I tried to adapt to the captain. Our Rishad pitch and then Saif with bat. Unfortunately, we did not support Saif much.”
