PAK vs BAN, Asia Cup 2025 Super 4 match: Pakistan vs Bangladesh Toss Update and Playing XIs

A virtual semifinal at the Dubai International Stadium between Pakistan and Bangladesh. The winner of the match will get a ticket to the final to face India, and the loser will have to pack their baggage. In the recent past, whenever these two nations faced each other on a cricket pitch, it turned into a high-octane clash. Before the beginning of the Asia Cup 2025, Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by 2-1 in July. Earlier this year, Pakistan swept them 3-0 at home. Overall, Pakistan has a clear distance from the Bangladesh cricket team. In head-to-head T20I stats, Pakistan is leading by 20-5. Today's Super Four match of the 2025 Asia Cup can be dependent on multiple individual brilliances. The pitches have been slow and tricky; spinners in the second half of the match can decide the winner of the match. 

Toss Update:

After the India match, Litton Das remains on the sideline for today's match as well. So Jaker Ali came into the field as the stand-in captain for Bangladesh. He won the toss and decided to bowl first. 

"It looks like a pretty dry wicket. We have been doing pretty well while bowling first, and hence they are going with that strategy," he said. 

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Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha said, "The wicket looks good, and they have been batting well. Whenever they have scored over 150, our bowlers have mostly managed to defend it."

Playing XIs:

Pakistan- Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha (C), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris (WK), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.

Bangladesh—Parvez Hossain Emon, Saif Hassan, Tawhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Jaker Ali (C/WK), Rishad Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Mahedi Hasan, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman.