Bangladesh win by 79 runs against Pakistan

Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 79 runs after 16-years. The wait of 16th long years is over as Bangladesh snatched their second-ever win against Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur last night. Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladesh set a number of batting records on way to a 79-run victory. The big victory was laid in the first innings as Tamim and Mushfiqur hit wonderful centuries -- the first time that two Bangladesh batsmen have scored centuries in a single ODI innings -- to set up a mammoth score of 329 for six wickets, the highest for Bangladesh -- eclipsing their previous best of 326 made against Pakistan during the Asia Cup last year. Last time when They had scored 300-plus against Pakistan, they failed to defend that total in Fatullah as Pakistan scraped home with three wickets in hand. But the bowlers made sure there was not going to be yet another heartbreak against this relatively inexperienced Pakistan batting line-up, and bowled efficiently to fold the visitors for 250 runs in 45.2 overs. Pakistan skipper Azhar Ali, all-rounder Haris Sohail and debutante Mohammad Rizwan hit half centuries, but the target always looked beyond the Pakistanis' means. Taskin Ahmed and Arafat Sunny were the most successful bowlers for Bangladesh they bowl and takes three wickets each and  the rest of the bowlers, except for Abul Hasan, played a very good supporting role in scripting the historic win. The highlight of the win was the record-breaking 178-runs partnership between Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim for the 3rd wicket, overtaking the 175-runs stand made by Habibul Bashar and Rajin Saleh against Kenya in 2006.