Bangladeshi cricket team in Pakistan in 2008

The Bangladeshi cricket team toured Pakistan in April 2008 and played 5 one day internationals and a Twenty20 International. The series was arranged at short notice following Australia's decision to pull out of their scheduled tour of Pakistan for security reasons.

Bangladeshi cricket team in Pakistan in 2008
Teams	Pakistan	Bangladesh
Dates	7 April – 22 April 2008
Captains	Shoaib Malik	Mohammad Ashraful
Number of ODIs	5
ODIs won	5	0
Most runs (ODIs)	Salman Butt (451)	Shakib Al Hasan (192)
Most wickets (ODIs)	Shahid Afridi (12)	Mashrafe Mortaza (8)
Player of Series (ODIs)	Salman Butt
Number of Twenty20s	1
Twenty20 series	1	0
Most runs (Twenty20s)	Misbah-ul-Haq (87)	Nazimuddin (42)
Most wickets (Twenty20s)	Mansoor Amjad (3)	Mashrafe Mortaza(1)

Squads

ODI Squads
Pakistan	Bangladesh
Shoaib Malik(Captain)	Mohammad Ashraful (Captain)
Kamran Akmal(wk)	Dhiman Ghosh(wk)
Misbah-ul-Haq	Mashrafe Mortaza
Younus Khan	Abdur Razzak
Mohammad Yousuf	Aftab Ahmed
Salman Butt	Alok Kapali
Nasir Jamshed	Farhad Reza
Shahid Afridi	Junaid Siddique
Sohail Tanvir	Mahmudullah
Umar Gul	Mushfiqur Rahman
Iftikhar Anjum	Nadif Chowdhury
	Nazimuddin
	Rajin Saleh
	Shakib Al Hasan
	Syed Rasel
	Tamim Iqbal
	Ziaur Rahman

ODI series

1st ODI

8 April Scorecard

Pakistan  322/5 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 129 (29.5 overs)
Mohammad Yousuf 108* (103) Farhad Reza 2/41 (10 overs)		Mashrafe Mortaza 25 (20) Sohail Tanvir 3/29 (7 overs)

Pakistan won by 152 runs (D/L) Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) & Steve Bucknor (WI) Player of the match: Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Floodlight failure set a revised target of 282 from 39 overs for Bangladesh.

2nd ODI

11 April Scorecard

Bangladesh  225/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 160/3 (23.2 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 60 (78) Shahid Afridi 3/33 (10 overs)		Salman Butt 76 (72) Farhad Reza 1/22 (4 overs)

Pakistan won by 7 wickets (D/L) Iqbal Stadium, Faislabad Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) & Steve Bucknor (WI) Player of the match: Salman Butt (Pak)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain during the innings break set a revised target for Pakistan was 158 runs from 25 overs.

3rd ODI

13 April Scorecard

Pakistan  308/8 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 285/7 (50 overs)
Salman Butt 132 (127) Mashrafe Mortaza 2/47 (10 overs)		Shakib Al Hasan 75 (73) Shahid Afridi 2/48 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 23 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) Player of the match: Salman Butt (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI

16 April Scorecard

Bangladesh  210 (49.1 overs)	v	Pakistan 212/3 (44.3 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 108 (120) Sohail Khan 3/30 (6.1 overs)		Salman Butt 74 (84) Shakib Al Hasan 1/34 (9 overs)

Pakistan won by 7 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Zameer Haider (Pak) Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

19 April Scorecard

Pakistan  329/9 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 179 (40.4 overs)
Salman Butt 136 (124) Mashrafe Mortaza 4/65 (10 overs)		Mahmudullah (37) Mohammad Asif 3/35 (8.1 overs)

Pakistan won by 150 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) Player of the match: Mohammad Asif (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

Twenty20 International

20 April Scorecard

Pakistan  203/5 (20 overs)	v	Bangladesh 101 (16 overs)
Misbah-ul-Haq 87* (53) Shakib Al Hasan 1/33 (4 Overs)		Nazimuddin 42 (48) Mansoor Amjad 3/3 (1 Over)

Pakistan won by 102 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) and Zameer Haider (Pak) Player of the match: Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

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