PAK Vs BAN Asia Cup 2025: Bangladesh wins toss and opts to bowl first; Check updates here

Bangladesh skipper Jaker Ali won the toss and opted to bowl first against Salman Agha’s Pakistan in match 17 of the Asia Cup 2025.

Dubai: Pakistan and Bangladesh will face each other in a virtual semi-final. Bangladesh skipper Jaker Ali won the toss and opted to bowl first against Salman Agha’s Pakistan in match 17 of the Asia Cup 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Thursday. The winner of today’s match will book a place in the final against India.

Bangladesh has suffered a defeat by 41 runs in their last match against India played on Wednesday. However, Pakistan secured a win over Sri Lanka by five wickets on Tuesday.

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It's Fine, Wanted to bat first

Salman Agha, the skipper of Pakistan, says they wanted to bat first, so it’s fine. They have been batting well, and the wicket appears to be in good condition. Indicates that the bowlers have largely been able to defend their scores whenever they have surpassed 150.

Explains that since Sri Lanka is among the best teams in Asia, defeating them is always beneficial. claims that playing in any final is crucial and that they are keeping that in the back of their minds. concludes by stating that they will advance if they play quality cricket. Notifies that they have not changed.

With a few early wickets in the previous match, Shaheen Shah Afridi showed signs of improvement for Pakistan. There are still obvious gaps in the lineup for the batting.

Asia Cup 2025: Pakistan vs Bangladesh clash today at Dubai, winner secures final spot against India

Pakistan Squard

Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha (C), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris (WK), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Salman Mirza, Sufiyan Muqeem, Khushdil Shah, Hasan Nawaz

Bangladesh Squard

Saif Hassan, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Parvez Hossain Emon, Towhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Jaker Ali (C & WK), Mohammad Saifuddin, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Litton Das, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Nurul Hasan