They will fight; if they go down, they will still be heroes. If they win, they'll become part of
folklore in the years to come. Either way, a bit of history has already been created.
Stats and trivia
Pakistan have made the Asia Cup final for only the third time. They won their previous final
(in Dhaka in 2000) by 39 runs. Bangladesh, on the other hand, have made their first final of
a multi-nation tournament since reaching the final of the tri-series at home in 2009
If Bangladesh go on to win the final, they will become only the second team after Australia
(in the 2003 World Cup) to beat India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in a single tournament.
Team news
Nazmul Hossain took three wickets against Sri Lanka on his comeback in place of the injured
Shafiul Islam. Bangladesh could go in with the same side that beat Sri Lanka.
Bangladesh (possible): 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Nazimuddin, 3 Jahurul Islam, 4 Nasir Hossain, 5 Shakib Al Hasan
6 Mushfiqur Rahim (capt & wk), 7 Mahmudullah, 8 Mashrafe Mortaza, 9 Abdur Razzak, 10 Nazmul Hossain,
11 Shahadat Hossain
Pakistan played five bowlers against India, but Wahab Riaz, included in place of the specialist
wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed, went for 50 in four overs. Sarfraz is expected to return for the final,
freeing Umar Akmal of the additional responsibility of keeping wicket.
Pakistan (possible): 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Nasir Jamshed, 3 Younis Khan, 4 Umar Akmal, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt),
6 Hammad Azam, 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 9 Umar Gul, 10 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Aizaz Cheema
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