Misbah-ul Haq smashed a career-best 87 to lift Pakistan to a record 203-5 against Bangladesh in the inaugural Twenty20 international played at National Stadium here on Sunday.
The 33-year-old shared two important stands of 78 for the third wicket with Younis Khan (47) and 63 for the fourth wicket with captain Shoaib Malik (37) after Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
Misbah hit five towering sixes and three boundaries off just 53 balls to build Pakistan's highest total in a Twenty20 international, beating 191-7 also against Bangladesh at Nairobi last year.
Pakistan, who blanked the visitors 5-0 in the preceding one-day series, lost openers Salman Butt (one) and Kamran Akmal (nought) in paceman Mashrafe Mortaza's first over but Misbah put the team back on track.
Butt was run out after he failed to regain his crease off the second ball, while Akmal was bowled off Mortaza's sixth delivery.
Younis matched Misbah stroke for stroke, hitting seven boundaries during his 28-ball knock before left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan caught him off his own bowling.
Malik upped the tempo as Pakistan made 90 off their first 10 overs. He hit two boundaries and three sixes before he was stumped off left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak.
Misbah lifted Razzak for a six over long-on to cross his previous highest Twenty20 score of 66 made against Australia.
This is the first-ever Twenty20 match played in Pakistan.
Scoreboard:
Pakistan:
| Salman Butt | run out | 1 |
| Kamran Akmal | b Mortaza | 0 |
| Younis Khan | c and b Hasan | 47 |
| Misbah-ul Haq | not out | 87 |
| Shoaib Malik | st Ghosh b Razzak | 35 |
| Shahid Afridi | b Hossain | 10 |
| Fawad Alam | not out | 16 |
| Extras: | (w7) | 7 |
| Total: | (for five wickets) | 203 |
Did not bat: Mansoor Amjad, Sohail Tanveer, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Butt), 2-6 (Akmal), 3-84 (Younis), 4-147 (Malik), 5-168 (Afridi)
Bowling:
| Mortaza | 3.5-0-38-1 (5w) |
| Hossain | 4-0-44-1 |
| Razzak | 4-0-46-1 (2w) |
| Reza | 4-0-41-0 |
| Hasan | 4-0-33-1 |
| Mahmudullah | 0.1-0-1-0 |
| Overs: | 20 |
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Mohammad Ashraful, Shakib Al Hasan, Nazim Uddin, Mahmudullah Riad, Farhad Reza, Mashrafe Mortaza, Dhiman Ghosh, Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain.
Toss: Pakistan
Umpires: Zameer Haider (PAK), Nadeem Ghouri (PAK)
TV umpire: Salim Badar (PAK)
Match referee: Mike Procter (RSA)
