NEW DELHI: Captain
Mashrafe Mortaza took a stunning catch at mid-wicket to pave victory for Bangladesh in their
Asia Cup clash against Pakistan on Wednesday.
READ ALSO: Bangladesh stun Pakistan to set up Asia Cup final date with IndiaMushfiqur Rahim scored a fighting 99 to guide Bangladesh from a precarious 12/3 to 239 all out in 49.5 overs before they kept Pakistan down to 202/9 in 50 overs.
Pakistan looked well set in the run chase but the turning point proved to be Mortaza's blinder of a catch at mid-wicket to remove
Shoaib Malik off
Rubel Hossain's bowling in the 21st over.
Mortaza dived full length to his left to latch on to a screamer as Malik went for a chip over mid-wicket.
Bangladesh bowled with discipline with left-arm pacer
Mustafizur Rahman leading the pack with 4/43 as Pakistan yet again batted poorly to give Bangladesh only their fifth win over Pakistan in 36 one-day internationals.