Pakistan beat Bangladesh to reach T20 World Cup semi-finals with five wickets . Fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridis takes career-best figures of 4-22 .
Pakistan qualified to the T20 World Cup semi-finals with a five-wicket victory over Bangladesh in a do-or-die clash on Sunday, thanks to fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi's career-best figures of 4-22.Pakistan achieved their target of 11 wickets to reach Group 2 with a modest 128 victory in Adelaide.The match moved into a virtual quarter-final after the Netherlands upset South Africa in the opening match of the day, propelling India to the semis.India will meet Zimbabwe in the final Super 12 match of the tournament in Melbourne later Sunday to see who advances to the semifinals.
Shaheen, the man-of-the-match who suffered from injury during the recent Asia Cup, said, I have improved.It isn't easy to recover from injury, but I'm doing my best.We're all very proud as a team.We've been terrific.When asked whether he was looking forward to the semis, Shaheen joked: We're looking forward to the final. Bangladesh batsmen were out of shape and the ball fell to fast bowler Ebadot Hossain in the next over, when the first wicket appeared to be out of reach, including Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan out lbw, but the umpire changed the decision and it seemed from replays that the ball grazed the bat before hitting the pad, and Afif got Shadab out on 54 runs.