Pakistan beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in the second Twenty20 International to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series in Dhaka on Saturday.
Fakhar Zaman struck an unbeaten 57 off 51 balls as Pakistan reached 109-2 in 18.1 overs after restricting Bangladesh to 108-7 in 20 overs.
Najmul Hossain earlier top-scored with 40 off 34 balls for Bangladesh while Afif Hossain chipped in with 20 runs from 21 balls.
Fast bowler Shaheen Afridi finished with 2-15 for Pakistan while leg-spinner Shadab Khan grabbed 2-22.
Pakistan won the first match of the series by four wickets on Friday. The third and final match will be held at the same ground on Monday.
Scoreboard from the second Twenty20 international between Bangladesh and Pakistan
Bangladesh innings
Mohammad Naim c Fakhar Zaman b Wasim 2
Saif Hassan lbw b Shaheen 0
Najmul Hossain c and b Shadab 40
Afif Hossain c Rizwan b Shadab 20
Mahmudullah Riyad c Rizwan b Haris 12
Nurul Hasan c Rizwan b Shaheen 11
Mahedi Hasan c and b Nawaz 3
Aminul Islam not out 8
Taskin Ahmed not out 2
Extras (lb 8, w2) 10
Total (seven wickets; 20 overs) 108
Did not bat: Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Saif), 2-5 (Naim), 3-51 (Afif), 4-79 (Mahmudullah), 5-82 (Najmul), 6-88 (Mahedi), 7-102 (Nurul)
Bowling: Shaheen 4-0-15-2, Wasim 3-0-9-1, Shoaib 2-0-16-0, Haris 3-0-13-1, Shadab 4-0-22-2 (w2), Nawaz 4-0-25-1
Pakistan innings
Mohammad Rizwan c Saif b Aminul 39
Babar Azam b Mustafizur Rahman 1
Fakhar Zaman not out 57
Haider Ali not out 6
Extras (lb 2, w4) 6
Total (two wickets, 18.1 overs) 109
Did not bat: Shoaib Malik, Khushdil Shah, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Babar), 2-97 (Rizwan)
Bowling: Mahedi 4-0-23-0, Taskin 4-0-22-0, Mustafizur 2.1-0-12-1(w1), Shoriful 1.5-0-10-0, Aminul 4-0-30-1(w1), Najmul 1-0-3-0(w2), Afif 1-0-6-0, Saif 0.1-0-1-0
Result: Pakistan win by eight wickets
Series: Pakistan lead three-match series 2-0
Toss: Bangladesh
Umpires: Gazi Sohel (BAN), Tanvir Ahmed (BAN)
TV Umpire: Masudur Rahman (BAN)
Match Referee: Neeyamur Rashid (BAN)
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