3 min learnMar 13, 2026 11:33 PM IST
Bangladesh skipper Mehidy Hasan Miraz created a firestorm of controversy together with his dismissal of Pakistan’s Salman Ali Agha throughout the 2nd ODI on Friday. The incident occurred occurred throughout the 4th ball of the thirty ninth over when Miraz was bowling to Mohammad Rizwan who performed the ball again in the direction of the suitable of the bowler which he stopped together with his boot.
In the meantime, Agha, who was on the non striker’s finish, was out of his crease and in Miraz’s approach with each gamers in shut proximity. Agha then bento down to select the ball and hand it again to the bowler however Miraz swooped in himself and in an under-armed throw knocked the bails off with Agha nonetheless outdoors the crease. The choice was despatched upstairs and the third umpire dominated it as a dismissal a lot to the chagrin of Agha who had a number of phrases with Miraz after which left the sphere clearly sad.
After the match, Miraz reacted to the dismissal. “He was away from the wicket and I used to be simply searching for the ball. If you happen to miss, he would go for the run. So I used to be simply considering like that,” he stated within the post-match presentation ceremony.
Pakistan clawed their approach again to the collection after a 128-run win over Bangladesh by the DLS technique which led to the second innings getting decreased to 32 overs with Bangladesh needing to chase 243 as a substitute of 274 as set by Pakistan within the first innings. They in the end have been skittled out for 114 runs with Haris Rauf and Maaz Sadaqat taking 3 wickets apiece.
Earlier, Miraz received the toss Friday and elected to subject in opposition to Pakistan within the second one-day cricket worldwide. Bangladesh received the primary match on Wednesday after quick bowler Nahid Rana skittled Pakistan for 114 with a career-best figures of 5-24 for an 8-wicket win.
Whereas Bangladesh retained the identical taking part in XI, Pakistan made one change. Pakistan gave one other probability to its inexperienced batters regardless of Sahibzada Farhan, Shamyl Hussain, Maaz Sadaqat and Abdul Samad, who have been all on ODI debut within the first recreation, struggling to deal with the tempo of Rana and off-spin of Mehidy.
Pakistan recalled quick bowler Haris Rauf rather than leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed in a hope the wicket will go well with the quick bowlers extra.

