Pakistan win by 16 runs

Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal sends the ball behind the boundary on his windy innings of 94 runs against Australia today in Dhaka. Photo: Firoz Ahmed

Despite Glenn Maxwell’s stormy reply on Umar Akmal’s 94-run tornado innings, Australia lost the Group 2 match of World T20 against Pakistan by 16 runs at capital's Sher-e Bangla Stadium today.

Umar was awarded the Man of the Match for his glorious slogging innings.

Earlier, Pakistan scored 191 while the Aussies were booked by 175 runs.

Winning the toss, Australia decided to field.

Umar played a turbulent innings of 94 runs off only 54 deliveries, decorated with nine boundaries and four sixes.

Meanwhile his brother, Pakistan wicketkeeper, Kamran Akmal scored 31 off 31 balls and Shahid Afridi at the lower-order assisted Umar with 20 runs off 11 deliveries.

Aussies spent 17 extra runs on the Pakistan innings.

Nathan Coulter-Nile picked up two wickets while Aaron Finch was the most expensive bowler spending 18 runs in a single over.

While on the pitch, Maxwell made 74 runs added to the Aussie scorecard off only 48 deliveries.

He hit seven fours and six sixers.

Aussie opener Aaron Finch also scored 65 runs off 79 balls.

Zulfiqar Babar, Umar Gul, Shahid Afridi and Bilawal Bhatti picked up two wickets each.

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Pakistan

Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal (wk), Mohammad Hafeez (c), Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Sohaib Maqsood, Shahid Afridi, Bilawal Bhatti, Umar Gul, Zulfiqar Babar and Saeed Ajmal       

Australia

DA Warner, AJ Finch, SR Watson, GJ Maxwell, GJ Bailey (c), BJ Hodge, BJ Haddin (wk), MA Starc, NM Coulter-Nile, GB Hogg and DE Bollinger