Summary

  • Pakistan chase 205 to keep slender semi-final hopes alive - likely need to win final two games to have a chance

  • Fakhar hits superb 81 off 74 balls, Shafique adds 68

  • Bangladesh, who were bowled out for 204, become first team to be eliminated

  • Shaheen takes 3-23, Wasim 3-31 & Rauf 2-36

  • Mahmudullah (56) continues good form, while Das adds 45 and Shakib 43

  1. 6 runs

    Pak 151-1published at 24 overs

    All to easy for Fahkar Zaman, who is finding the boundary at will here.

    He gets down on one knee and launches Mehidy Miraz over cow corner for another six. That's his sixth of the innings.

  2. Pak 142-1published at 23 overs

    Fahkar Zaman shows another string to his bow.

    It's been largely an innings of aggression and power, but to the penultimate ball of Mustafizur Rahman's over he plays a delicate late cut which pierces the field and sizzles to the fence.

  3. Pak 138-1published at 22.2 overs

    Pakistan fans wil be purring after this shot.

    Babar Azam leans into a cover drive and gracefully creams Mustafizur Rahman through the covers.

    High elbow. Such poise and style.

  4. Pak 133-1published at 22 overs

    So the freewheeling Fahkar Zaman is joined in the middle by Babar Azam.

    As Carlos says, he should just continue the momentum.

  5. Postpublished at 14:15 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2023

    Carlos Brathwaite
    Ex-West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    You hope Babar Azam comes out and tries to keep up the tempo. It doesn't make sense of him to dead bat a load of deliveries, take 80 balls to get 30 and have the game end in the 43rd over.

    Pakistan need to keep their feet on the throat of the Bangladesh team.

  6. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 21.1 overs

    Abdullah lbw b Miraz 68 (Pak 128-1)

    Abdullah Shafique just hesitated every so slightly before playing the sweep shot. The ball-tracking shows three reds.

    Strange review. He's on his way after a blistering innings.

  7. Postpublished at 14:13 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2023

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    That's absolutely plumb.

  8. Pakistan reviewpublished at 21.1 overs

    Abdullah Shafique is hit on the pad by Mehidy Miraz attempting to sweep.

    Given out on field.

  9. Postpublished at 14:11 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2023

    Long faces on some of the Bangladesh fans at Eden Gardens now.

    Here's how Fahkar Zaman got to fifty a few moments ago.

  10. Postpublished at 14:10 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2023

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    That's one of the best shots we have seen today.

    It was a mighty, mighty stroke.

  11. Pak 124-0published at 20 overs

    Target 205

    Boom Boom Abdullah Shafique!

    Slightly short from Taskin Ahmed with the final ball of the over, but the Pakistan opener's pull shot is timed to perfection.

    It makes a lovely thwack off the bat before sailing into the stands.

  12. 6 runs

    Pak 114-0published at 19 overs

    Abdullah Shafique starts to tee off now.

    He skips down the pitch and launches Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan's first ball back over his head and into the stands.

    That has gone a long way. Pakistan aiming to get this wrapped up quickly and give their net run-rate a bit of a shot in the arm.

  13. Postpublished at 14:00 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2023

    Steven Finn
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    They are scoring at a similar rate but it feels like Fahkar has played a lot more shots and Shafique has been a lot more controlled. It has been a really classy innings.

  14. 50 runs

    Half-century for Fahkarpublished at 17.5 overs

    Fahkar Zaman brings up his fifty with another six. This time off Taskin Ahmed, who he booms back over the sightscreen for a maximum.

    He's cleared the ropes five times in his innings so far.

  15. 50 runs

    Fifty for Shafiquepublished at 17.4 overs

    Abdullah Shafique dabs his fourth ball from Taskin Ahmed into the off side which brings him a half-century off 56 balls.

    He's looked in good touch.

  16. Pak 97-0published at 17 overs

    Both Pakistan batters a little more respectful to Shakib Al Hasan, knocking him into the gaps as opposed to anything more expansive.

    Mushfiqur Rahim is trying to bring some energy behind the stumps for Bangladesh but it's not cutting through at the moment.

  17. Postpublished at 13:50 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2023

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    Najmul Shanto doesn't usually bowl.

    I think it's a case of 'let's give someone a go and see what they can conjure up'.

  18. Pak 91-0published at 16 overs

    Target 205

    A left-field step after drinks as Shakib Al Hasan turns to the part-time spin of Najmul Shanto in search of a breakthrough.

    Abdullah Shafique shuffles forward and disdainfully pings his second ball through the covers for four.

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  20. drinks break

    Drinkspublished at 13:45 Greenwich Mean Time 31 October 2023

    Thirsty work in Kolkata.

    Here's some reading for you on, gulp, England's World Cup campaign and their skipper Jos Buttler.