Live Cricket Score Pakistan vs Bangladesh, Asia Cup 1st match at Mirpur

Pakistan have played Bangladesh nine times in the Asia Cup, winning each of these matches © AFP

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Dhaka: Mar 11, 2012

Pakistan takes on hosts Bangladesh in the opening match of the Asia Cup at Shere Bangla National Satdium in Mirpur on Sunday.

Earlier, Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim has won the toss and elected to bowl first against Pakistan in the first One-Day International (ODI) of the Asia Cup at Dhaka on Sunday.

The Pakistani squad led by captain Misbah-ul-Haq, along with newly appointed head coach Dav Whatmore, seemed upbeat ahead of the tournament opener.

Misbah-ul-Haq, talking to media, admitted that the team couldn’t perform well against England in limited overs games but he hoped a better performance from the players in the Asia Cup and promised that “we shall try not to repeat mistakes”.

Bangladesh on the other hand would like to put controversy over selection of batsman Tamim Iqbal aside and would like to begin their Asia Cup campaign on a winning note.

Iqbal, who was dropped from the Asia Cup squad, was recalled for the four-nation tournament that starts March 11.

Teams:

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Nazimuddin, Jahurul Islam, Mushfiqur Rahim (c & wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam, Shahadat Hossain

Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Asad Shafiq, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (c), Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Aizaz Cheema

Catch the live score of opening match of Asia Cup between Pakistan & Bangladesh here