Ye call shayad raat ke waqt pitch ke mahaul ka fayda uthane ke liye tha, jo PSL mein bhi high-scoring games ke liye mashhoor hai. Pakistan ne apne fast bowler Haris Rauf ko aaram diya aur uski jagah young pacer Abbas Afridi ko khilaya, jo death overs mein apni variety ke liye jaana jaata hai. Doosri taraf, Bangladesh, jo pehle do match haar ke series already gawa chuka tha, ne apne fast bowler Khaled Ahmed ko T20I debut diya, ek naye talent ko aazmane ke liye is dead rubber mein.
Series ka context bhi zaroori hai. Pehle T20I mein, 28 May ko, Pakistan ne 37 runs se jeet haasil ki, 201/7 ka score banaya, jismein captain Salman Ali Agha ne 34 ball mein 56, Shadab Khan ne 25 mein 48, aur Hasan Nawaz ne 22 mein 44 banaye. Hasan Ali ke career-best 5/30, jismein Tanzid Hasan, Jaker Ali aur Shoriful Islam ke wickets shamil the, ne Bangladesh ko 164 tak rok diya, despite Litton Das ke 48 aur Jaker Ali ke 36. Doosre T20I mein, 30 May ko, Pakistan ne 57 runs se series jeet li, 201/6 banaye, Sahibzada Farhan ke 74 off 41 aur Hasan Nawaz ke unbeaten 51 ke saath. Abrar Ahmed ke 3/19 ne Bangladesh ko 144 pe out kar diya, despite Tanzim Hasan Sakib ke maiden T20I fifty (50 off 31) No. 9 pe.
Teesre T20I ke liye, Pakistan ka pehle bowling ka faisla shayad raat ke swing ka fayda uthane ke liye tha, aur Abbas Afridi ke saath Hasan Ali aur Naseem Shah ki pace attack ko aur mazbooti mili. Bangladesh, Litton Das ki captaincy mein, ne Khaled Ahmed ko debut diya, jo Test mein pehle khel chuka hai, taaki unki bowling ko thodi taakat mile, jo pehle do matches mein 200-plus runs concede kar chuki thi. Team mein Tanzid Hasan, Towhid Hridoy aur Jaker Ali jaise players the, lekin unka middle order pehle struggle karta raha.
Match raat 8:00 PM local time pe shuru hua, aur Lahore ke batting-friendly pitch pe high-scoring game ki ummeed thi. Pakistan, Salman Ali Agha aur coach Mike Hesson ke under, series clean sweep karne ke mood mein tha, taaki 2026 T20 World Cup ke liye momentum banaye. Bangladesh, Mustafizur Rahman aur Taskin Ahmed jaise players ke bina bhi, apne naye talent ke saath series ka aakhri match jeet ke izzat bachane ke chakkar mein tha.
