In Wednesday’s virtual semi-final between Bangladesh and Pakistan, ‘captain fantastic’ Mshrafe Mortaza took a blinder at mid-wicket to change his team’s fortunes. That is when the experienced Shoaib Malik walked into the middle and stringed together a partnership with opener Imam-ul-Haq. 34-year old Mortaza, who has had his fair share of injury concerns throughout his nearly two-decade old career, sensed the chance and leaped to his left to take a reflex catch. The stunning catch meant Shoaib Malik was dismissed for 30 and the important partnership was broken. Bangladesh entered the final of the Asia Cup for the third time in the last four editions.

Source: Hindustan Times September 27, 2018 07:41 UTC