Despite the win the Pakistan skipper expressed disappointment at the form shown by him and opener Mohammad Rizwan, as both the batters failed to contribute.
South Africa broke their 24-year World Cup jinx against Pakistan with a nervy one-wicket victory and inched closer to securing a semi-final place with their fifth win in six matches.
Chapman (57-ball 104 not out) combined with Jimmy Neesham (45) to overhaul the 194-run target and stun Pakistan
Pakistan registered a comfortable seven-wicket victory to keep their semi-final hopes alive.
Rohit's men start overwhelming favourites but Shaheen, rain pose threat
'Babar Azam needs to listen to suggestions'
Pakistan's unpredictability will once again be their big strength at the T20 World Cup.
But just like everyone wants a slice of '92 from Babar's team, the core of this current English team also has a date with history
Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah took three wickets in the last over to finish with 3 for 10 from his solitary over.
Images from the ICC Men's ODI World Cup match between England and Pakistan at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday.
'Our middle order stepped up in the last two matches'
Calls have grown for Babar to be removed from 50-over captaincy following the shocking eight-wicket loss to Afghanistan in Chennai.
Suryakumar Yadav, the lone Indian in the top 10, continued to top the charts in the latest ICC men's T20I player rankings.
Faheem and Hasan Ali are expected to regain full fitness before the second Test (12-16 March).
IMAGES from the ICC World Cup match played between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Chennai on Monday.
Hasan Ali, who last played a Test against Sri Lanka in Galle in July, has picked up 77 wickets in 21 Tests.
Captain Babar Azam was delighted after hitting an unbeaten century as Pakistan notched up back-to-back wins over New Zealand with a 38-run victory over the tourists in the second Twenty20 International in Lahore on Saturday.
Leg-spinner Shah's selection was subject to the 35-year-old clearing a fitness test, chief selector Mohammad Wasim said in a statement.
The selectors also retained former captain and wicketkeeper, Sarfaraz Ahmed in the squad as a standby to vice-captain, Mohammad Rizwan.
New Zealand, who abandoned their white-ball tour of Pakistan last year due to security concerns, are looking to end a run of four straight test defeats with Southee as the new captain following the six-year tenure of Kane Williamson.
The player draft for the much-awaited Global T20 Canada 2023 was held in a hybrid-form in Mumbai.
Pakistan needs to win all its matches and expect Australia to falter in at least two of their remaining four games.
"The charges relate to the 2021 Abu Dhabi T10 Cricket League and attempts to corrupt matches in that tournament -- these attempts were disrupted. The ICC was appointed by the ECB as the Designated Anti-Corruption Official (DACO) for the purposes of the ECB's Code for this tournament and as such are issuing these charges on the ECB's behalf," ICC said in a statement.
IMAGES from the ICC World Cup match played between Australia and Pakistan in Bengaluru, on Friday.
IMAGES from the Asia Cup Super 4s match played between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Sharjah on Wednesday.
IMAGES of the T20 World Cup match played between India and Pakistan at the MCG on Sunday
'That was proper (batting) from those two, it set the tone for how we want to play our cricket, take the game on.'
Images from the Asia Cup match played between India and Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday.
The PCB said that the change had to be made as Qadir is yet to recover from a hairline fracture
Hasaranga claimed three wickets in one over and Pramod Madushan claimed a career-best 4-34 to bowl out Pakistan for 147 in exactly 20 overs.
Pakistan beat New Zealand by five wickets in the final of a tri-series in Christchurch on Friday, giving themselves a timely boost ahead of the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup in Australia.
England will hope that the likes of Joe Root, Harry brook and skipper Jos Buttler also get some runs and end their a disastrous World Cup campaign on a high.
PCB newly selected Chief Selector Inzamam Ul Haq announced squads for the upcoming ACC Men's Asia Cup and the three-match One-Day International series against Afghanistan.
Brandon King finally departed in the 16th over a well-made 67 and West Indies was left in a spot of bother, needing 55 to win from 28 balls. The visitors kept on losing wickets at regular intervals and in the end, Pakistan registered a win.
Sealing their second T20 World Cup, England are now the first nation to hold both global white-ball trophies, having won the 50-over World Cup on home soil in 2019.
A fresh post-morterm has been ordered by the district authorities on the body of Arindam Manna, the investigating officer in Rizwanur Rehman's death case, after Manna's family complained that the first autopsy was carried out in a hurry.
England were 7-1 at stumps with Ben Duckett (4) and Ollie Pope (3) batting together
Suryakumar jumped in front of Pakistan captain Babar Azam and into third place on the latest list of T20I rankings for batters
Sarfaraz, Imad Wasim dropped from Pakistan white-ball squad vs Australia.
Choubey, who is union minister of state for Health, was about to board his car, after meeting patients and holding discussions with doctors and hospital officials, when the bottle carrying the ink crashed to the ground close to the vehicle evoking exclamations from those flanking the minister.
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