After winning, Pakistan jumped to second spot in the latest Asia Cup Super 4 Points Table 2025, and now, they have qualified for the Asia Cup 2025 Final, which is scheduled on September 28, 2025. Pakistan National Cricket Team defeated Bangladesh National Cricket Team in the match no.5 of the Asia Cup 2025 by 11 runs. The Player of the match was Shaheen Shah Afridi for his impressive bowling in this must-win game. He took 3 wickets and also smashed 19 crucial runs for his team.
Both teams played excellent cricket, but Pakistan outsmarted Bangladesh, and now they will be playing the finals against India. Along with Shaheen, Haris Rauf also did great; he also took three wickets in this match; however, batting is still the problem for Pakistan as they were able to put only 135 runs on the scoreboard against a decent bowling lineup of Bangladesh.
Shamim Hossain was the only batter from the Bangladesh side who stood against Pakistani bowlers and played a decent knock of 30 runs, but couldn’t lead his team to victory. Bangladesh’s journey in the Asia Cup 2025 comes to an end. They have played good cricket, but they need to focus more on their batting and pace bowling in the future.
Asia Cup Super 4 Points Table 2025:
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Lost | Points | NRR |
| 1 | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | +1.357 |
| 2 | Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | +0.329 |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.831 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.590 |
Asia Cup Super 4 2025 Most Sixes:
| Position | Player | Match | Runs | Sixes |
| 1 | Abhishek Sharma | 5 | 248 | 17 |
| 2 | Sai Hassan | 4 | 178 | 12 |
| 3 | Azmatullah Omarzai | 3 | 89 | 8 |
| 4 | Mohammad Nabi | 3 | 108 | 8 |
| 5 | Sahibzada Farhan | 6 | 160 | 8 |
Asia Cup Super 4 2025 Highest Runs Scorer:
| Position | Player | Matches | Average | Runs |
| 1 | Abhishek Sharma (IND) | 5 | 49.60 | 248 |
| 2 | Saif Hassan (BAN) | 4 | 44.50 | 178 |
| 3 | Sahibzada Farhan (PAK) | 6 | 26.66 | 160 |
| 4 | Pathum Nissanka (SL) | 5 | 30.80 | 154 |
| 5 | Towid Hridoy (BAN) | 6 | 27.80 | 139 |
Asia Cup Super 4 2025 Highest Wicket Taker:
| Position | Player | Matches | Economy | Wickets |
| 1 | Kuldeep Yadav (IND) | 5 | 5.65 | 12 |
| 2 | Junaid Siddique (UAE) | 3 | 6.33 | 9 |
| 3 | Shaheen Afridi (PAK) | 6 | 6.91 | 9 |
| 4 | Mustafizur Rahman (BAN) | 6 | 7.43 | 9 |
| 5 | Haris rauf (PAK) | 6 | 7.84 | 9 |
Pakistan vs Bangladesh Super 4 Match Highlights:
After winning the toss, Bangladesh decided to field first; their bowlers got two wickets in the powerplay and continued the pressure over Pakistani batters. However, Pakistan’s batters were continuously trying to hit the ball out of the boundary, but they failed, and the wickets also kept falling.
Skipper Salman Ali Agha tried to make a partnership but got by scoring just 19 runs but Mohammad Haris stood on one end and he played a crucial inning of 31 runs in 23 balls. Mohammad Nawaz also supported Haris and scored 25 runs; both players led Pakistan to a decent 135 runs on the scoreboard from a situation that could have collapsed under 100.
From Bangladesh bowling, Rishad Hossain was the key bowler in today’s match for Bangladesh, he got two crucial wickets, whereas Taskin Ahmed got three wickets, and Mahedi Hasan was able to get two wickets. Bangladesh could have done much better in the death overs and restricted Pakistan under 100.
In the second inning, Bangladesh had to chase the target of 136 runs, and they had a bad start, after the powerplay got over, they were still losing their wickets against Pakistan’s bowlers. Bangladesh’s middle order collapsed, and they were able to score 124 runs in 20 overs with the loss of 9 wickets. Shamim Hossain played a wonderful innings of 30 runs, but it was of no use as the team lost the match by 11 runs.