|| Desk Report ||

Bangladesh is facing off Pakistan currently at Lords with nothing to gain as far the World Cup is concerned, but stake is high. A victory would help them wrap up the tournament, quite successfully as far as the number is count. Bangladesh never won more than three matches in the tournament. Victory against Pakistan would make their win number to four for the first time in cricket’s biggest carnival.

Pakistan has dominated Bangladesh throughout the history but in recent years Bangladesh has dominated Pakistan. Bangladesh have won their last four matches against Pakistan.

Now lets look at some of the interesting stats between these two sides.

1. Last five matches: Bangladesh has won four matches among the last five matches they played against Pakistan. They have whitewashed Pakistan in the 2014-2015 ODI series in Bangladesh. Bangladesh also defeated Pakistan in the 2018 Asia Cup. Pakistan last won against Bangladesh back in 2014 Asia Cup.

2. Total Matches: Bangladesh and Pakistan faced each other 36 times over the years. Bangladesh has won five matches and Pakistan has won 31 matches. They first met each other back 1986.

3. In World Cup: Bangladesh and Pakistan just met once in the World Cup back in 1999. And in that match World Cup debutant Bangladesh side defeated a legendary Pakistan side by 62 runs and caused a huge upset. The match was played in England and 20 years they are also facing each other in the World Cup on English soil.

4. Individual performance In World Cup: For Bangladesh Akram Khan is the highest scorer against Pakistan in the World Cup. He scored a valuable 42 runs in 1999 to help Bangladesh manage a total 223 against Pakistan.

For Pakistan, Wasim Akram is the highest scorer, he scored 29 runs against Bangladesh in 1999 World Cup.

In bowling, Khaled Mahmud Sujon was the pick of the bowlers for Bangladesh, he picked up three wickets for just 31 runs with two maidens. For this performance he was awarded man of the match in that historical match.

For Pakistan, Saqlain Mushtaq was the highest wicket taker, he picked up five wickets for 35 runs in that match.

5. Overall best:  In batting for Bangladesh, Tamim Iqbal is the highest run getter. He scored 676 runs against them with an average of 45.06. His highest knock against Pakistan is 132