Bangladesh and Pakistan are scheduled to meet in a crucial 8th match of 2016 Asia Cup on March 2 at Sher-E-Bangla Stadium. The match will kicks off at 19:30 local time, 19:00 IST, 13:30 GMT and 18:30 GMT. Winner of this match will enter in the final of Micromax Asia Cup.
Preview
It will be a huge match for both the teams as winner of this match will almost confirmed their berth for the final. Bangladesh is in top form and they have won two matches in the competition against UAE and Sri Lanka. Hosts were quite impressive in the last match against title defenders. They scored brilliant 147 runs on this difficult Mirpur pitch and then restricted unsettled Sri-Lankan team to register their second win in the event.
On the other hand Pakistan is struggling in the tournament though they won previous match against UAE with the help of fifties from Shoaib Malik and Umar Akmal. Bowling was very low against United Arab Emirates which was quite firing against India. Pakistan need to concentrate and back themselves if they really want to make it through to the finals.
Squads
Pakistan
Shahid Afridi (c), Mohammed Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Mohammad Sami, Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Irfan, Khalid Latif, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Nawaz, Khurram Manzoor, Sharjeel Khan.
Bangladesh
Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes, Shakib Al Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Arafat Sunny, Mohammad Mithun, Al-Amin Hossain, Mahmudullah Riyad, Taskin Ahmed, Abu Hider.
Prediction
Pakistan cricket team will be favorite to win and they have got 55 percent winning chances over Bangladesh in 8th game of Asia Cup 2016.
Live Telecast
Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 1HD will be telecasting live cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh in English commentary from 7:00 PM IST. Pre match program “Kent Cricket Live” beginning at 6:00 PM. To watch live broadcast of match in Hindi commentary you can tune to Star Sports 3 and Star Sports 3 HD.
Pakistan based viewers can tune to Geo Super and PTV Sports to catch live action from 6:30 PM as per Pakistan Standard Timings.
| Country | Broadcaster |
| Australia | Fox Sports |
| Bangladesh | Star, Channel 9 |
| Canada | ATN Network |
| India | Star Sports |
| Middle East and North Africa | OSN Cricket |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport |
| Pakistan | GEO Super, PTV Sports |
| Sri Lanka | TNL TV |
| United Kingdom | Life OK |
Live Streaming
The live streaming of Bangladesh vs Pakistan t20 cricket match in Micromax Asia Cup 2016 will be aired on PTV Sports in Pakistan from 6:30 PM PKT. Star Sports and Hot Star will also stream live match online in Indian sub-continent part. Europe and UK Based fans can visit yupptv to watch live stream of BAN vs PAK match.
Live Score
Pakistan vs Bangladesh live score and latest updates will be provided by espncricinfo.com and cricbuzz.com