Bangladesh could not see the face of victory against Pakistan. Coming to their 7th match in the World Cup, the Tigers lost to Pakistan by 7 wickets. As a result of this loss, Bangladesh was knocked out of the race for the semi-finals of the World Cup.

Bangladesh made 204 runs after batting first. Mahmudullah Riyad scored a great fifty. Apart from this, Shakib Al Hasan and Litton Das played two forty-plus innings.

But Pakistan reached that target easily. Pakistan got off to a good start with the bats of two openers, Abdullah Shafique and Fakhar Zaman. Pakistan won by 7 wickets with 105 balls in hand. Keeping in mind the net run rate, the Pakistani batters batted in a somewhat aggressive mood in the end. Opener Fakhar Zaman said this after the match.

Fakhar said at the post-match award ceremony, “Time off helped. I practised a lot after the Asia Cup. I felt good in the camp. I wanted to score big but, you know, it's cricket. I was talking to Abdullah that I'll see off the first four overs and then hit sixes regardless of how the pitch will play because I know I can and I know my role. NRR was in our mind. After 100, we were looking to finish the game before 30 overs. After too many failures, I was just looking to score the first 30 and struggling. Hopefully, I'll make it big in the coming games.”

As a result of this great victory, Pakistan has moved up to number 5 in the points table. On the other hand, Bangladesh remained at number 9.