# Bangladeshi cricket team in Pakistan in 2008

The Bangladeshi cricket team toured Pakistan in April 2008 to play five one day internationals and a Twenty20 International. The series was arranged at short notice following Australia's decision to pull out of their scheduled tour of Pakistan due to security reasons.

## Squads

ODI and T20I Squads :
| Pakistan | Bangladesh |
| Shoaib Malik (c) | Mohammad Ashraful (c) |
| Kamran Akmal (wk) | Dhiman Ghosh (wk) |
| Misbah-ul-Haq | Mashrafe Mortaza (vc) |
| Younis Khan | Abdur Razzak |
| Mohammad Yousuf | Aftab Ahmed |
| Salman Butt | Farhad Reza |
| Nasir Jamshed | Junaid Siddique |
| Shahid Afridi | Mahmudullah |
| Sohail Tanvir | Nazimuddin |
| Umar Gul | Shahadat Hossain |
| Iftikhar Anjum | Shahriar Nafees |
| Naumanullah | Shakib Al Hasan |
| Wahab Riaz | Syed Rasel |
| Mansoor Amjad (T20I squad) | Tamim Iqbal |
| Bazid Khan | Mehrab Hossain (Standby Player) |
| Fawad Alam | Nazmul Hossain (Standby Player) |
| Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk) | Mushfiqur Rahman(wk), (Standby Player) |

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 8 April 2008 Scorecard
| Pakistan 322/5 (50 overs) | v | Bangladesh 129 (29.5 overs) |
| Mohammad Yousuf 108* (103) Farhad Reza 2/41 (10 overs) | | Mashrafe Mortaza 25 (20) Sohail Tanvir 3/29 (7 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 152 runs (D/L) Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Steve Bucknor (WI) Player of the match: Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Due to floodlights failure, Bangladesh were given a revised target of 282 from 39 overs.

### 2nd ODI

* 11 April 2008 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 225/8 (48.2 overs) | v | Pakistan 160/3 (23.2 overs) |
| Tamim Iqbal 60 (78) Shahid Afridi 3/33 (10 overs) | | Salman Butt 76 (72) Farhad Reza 1/22 (4 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 7 wickets (D/L) Iqbal Stadium, Faislabad Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Steve Bucknor (WI) Player of the match: Salman Butt (Pak)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rain during Bangladesh's innings set Pakistan a revised target of 158 from 25 overs.

### 3rd ODI

* 13 April 2008 Scorecard
| Pakistan 308/8 (50 overs) | v | Bangladesh 285/7 (50 overs) |
| Salman Butt 132 (127) Mashrafe Mortaza 2/47 (10 overs) | | Shakib Al Hasan 75 (73) Shahid Afridi 2/48 (10 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 23 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) Player of the match: Salman Butt (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

### 4th ODI

* 16 April 2008 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 210 (49.1 overs) | v | Pakistan 212/3 (44.3 overs) |
| Shakib Al Hasan 108 (120) Sohail Khan 3/30 (6.1 overs) | | Salman Butt 74 (84) Shakib Al Hasan 1/34 (9 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 7 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Zameer Haider (Pak) Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

### 5th ODI

* 19 April 2008 Scorecard
| Pakistan 329/9 (50 overs) | v | Bangladesh 179 (40.4 overs) |
| Salman Butt 136 (124) Mashrafe Mortaza 4/65 (10 overs) | | Mahmudullah (37) Mohammad Asif 3/35 (8.1 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 150 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Asif (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Naumanullah (Pak) made his ODI debut.

## Only T20I

* 20 April 2008 Scorecard
| Pakistan 203/5 (20 overs) | v | Bangladesh 101 (16 overs) |
| Misbah-ul-Haq 87* (53) Shakib Al Hasan 1/33 (4 Overs) | | Nazimuddin 42 (48) Mansoor Amjad 3/3 (1 Over) |
* Pakistan won by 102 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) and Zameer Haider (Pak) Player of the match: Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Wahab Riaz, Mansoor Amjad (Pak) and Dhiman Ghosh (Ban) all made their T20I debuts.