Updated On: 01 November, 2023 07:16 AM IST | Kolkata | Arup Chatterjee
Openers Abdullah Shafique (68), Fakhar Zaman (81) put on impressive 128-run stand as Babar Azam & Co easily beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets to climb into fifth spot in points table; pacers Shaheen Afridi, Mohd Wasim pick three wkts each

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan (right) looks at Pakistan’s opening pair of Abdullah Shafique (left) and Fakhar Zaman, who put on a match-winning partnership of 128 runs, during their World Cup match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata yesterday. Pic/AFP
Pakistan made short work of a target of 205 at the Eden Gardens here on Tuesday to send Bangladesh to their sixth successive defeat.
The seven-wicket victory, completed in the 33rd over, took Pakistan to the fifth rung of the points table and keeps alive the mathematical possibility of further progress.