PAK vs BAN: Watch - Haris Rauf Bamboozles Towhid Hridoy With 145Kph Thunderbolt In Asia Cup 2023

The 29-year-old Pakistan National Cricket Team express pacer Haris Rauf bamboozled the 22-year-old Bangladesh National Cricket Team batter Towhid Hridoy in the first Super 4 game of the Asia Cup 2023 at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Wednesday, September 6.

Rauf once again looked dangerous with the ball and he started off his spell by dismissing opener Mohammad Naim for 20 in the 8th over. He returned to bowl in the 10th over of the innings and on the very first ball he knocked over Towhid Hridoy. The 22-year-old failed miserably with the bat as he scored just 2 runs off 9 balls, before walking back to the hut.

Rauf bowled a 145kph thunderbolt to Hridoy which was on fullish length and the batter looked to clip it away but was beaten by the pace. The ball went past his inside edge and shattered the stumps to leave Bangladesh tottering at 47/4.

Watch – Haris Rauf Bamboozles Towhid Hridoy

Bowled Haris rauf gets tohid hridoy ♥️??#PakvsBan #AsiaCup2023 #PAKvBAN pic.twitter.com/wyWT9F6H4u

— M FAIZAN (@Mfaizan95) September 6, 2023

Haris Rauf Rattle the stumps ??
Towhid Hridoy Bowled#AsiaCup2023 #AsiaCup #PAKvBAN pic.twitter.com/tYLdfZ8V3v

— Cric Off (@cric_on_off) September 6, 2023

As Haris Rauf picked up two wickets in the match, he completed 50 wickets in ODIs. He became joint third-fastest Pakistan bowler in history to achieve the feat. He is behind the likes of Hasan Ali and Shaheen Afridi who picked up 50 ODI wickets after 24 and 25 matches respectively. Pace-bowling great Waqar Younis and Rauf completed 50 wickets in 27 games while Saqlain Mushtaq achieved the milestone in 28 matches.

Fastest to 50 ODI wickets for Pakistan

24 – Hasan Ali

25 – Shaheen Shah Afridi

27 – Waqar Younis

27 – Haris Rauf*

28 – Saqlain Mushtaq

Earlier, Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat first. The decision backfired as they lost the top-order very quickly as the Pakistan pace-trio of – Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, and Rauf – were breathing fire. At the time of writing, they were at 78/4 after 18 overs.

Pakistan (Playing XI): Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Mohammad Naim, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Litton Das, Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan(c), Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Shamim Hossain, Afif Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud