Mohammad Isam
Published: Oct 1, 2026, 3:52 AM (8 mins ago)
Pakistan 112 for 4 (Samad 30*, Nawaz 27*, Rishad 1-12) beat Bangladesh 111 for 7 (Hridoy 42, Moqim 3-26, Minhas 2-23) by six wickets
Abdul Samad blazed Bangladesh in a calculated attack that handed Pakistan a six-wicket win and a spot in the Asian Games gold medal match. Samad cracked an unbeaten 30 off 15 balls, with five fours and a six as they clinched the 13-over game, reduced due to a wet outfield, in Nisshin.
Samad and Hasan Nawaz, who made 27 off 22 balls, added 59 runs in an unbroken fifth wicket stand and finished the chase with nine balls to spare. It wasn't a straightforward march, though, as Pakistan's batters kept throwing away their wickets after good starts.
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Mohammad Isam is Cricinfo's Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84