<p class="title">Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza says his injury-struck side will have to improve considerably in all departments to challenge India in the Asia Cup final here on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bangladesh stunned Pakistan by 37 runs in the last Super Four match on Wednesday night to set up a summit clash against defending champions India.</p>.<p>Mushfiqur Rahim's valiant 99 and Mohammad Mithun's 60 lifted Bangladesh to a decent 239 all out from a precarious position after Mortaza opted to bat in the virtual semifinal on Wednesday night.</p>.<p>Mushfiqur was unlucky as he fell one short of what could have been his seventh ODI century but did enough to rescue Bangladesh with a 144-run fourth wicket stand with Mithun after they were reduced to 12 for three inside five overs.</p>.<p>Later, opener Imam-ul-Haq (83) turned out to be the lone bright spot for Pakistan as they faltered in pursuit of the modest chase and were restricted to 202 for nine.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We always know that India are a serious side and the number one side the world. We still need to improve a bit of our batting and bowling," Mortaza said after the match.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We will be missing Shakib (Al Hasan) and Tamim (Iqbal) but the boys have showed character and one match to go, and hopefully the boys will play hard," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Praising his team for the crucial win, Mortaza said: "The bowlers did a good job, especially when we didn't get the runs. I think we changed our combination a bit. Usually I open the bowling, but today we started with (Mehidy Hasan) Miraz.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Mushi (Mushfiqur Rahim) and (Mohammad) Mithun batted really well."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mortaza's blinder of a catch at mid-wicket to dismiss Shoaib Malik off Rubel Hossain's bowling in the 21st over was one of the turning points of the match.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was lucky that I didn't drop my catch, because Shoaib Malik was in such good form, but overall the fielding was really good," Mortaza said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Long time we haven't seen this quality of fielding in our team, so hopefully the boys can understand the value of good fielding."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed took the blame for his side's loss after they ended with a score of 202 for 9 while chasing 240 to win.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Not feeling good, the performance wasn't good. As a captain, I didn't do well. So I think as a team and as a captain, I didn't lead well," Sarfraz said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We didn't field well, our batting collapsed and as a team we didn't do well in any department."</p>
<p class="title">Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza says his injury-struck side will have to improve considerably in all departments to challenge India in the Asia Cup final here on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bangladesh stunned Pakistan by 37 runs in the last Super Four match on Wednesday night to set up a summit clash against defending champions India.</p>.<p>Mushfiqur Rahim's valiant 99 and Mohammad Mithun's 60 lifted Bangladesh to a decent 239 all out from a precarious position after Mortaza opted to bat in the virtual semifinal on Wednesday night.</p>.<p>Mushfiqur was unlucky as he fell one short of what could have been his seventh ODI century but did enough to rescue Bangladesh with a 144-run fourth wicket stand with Mithun after they were reduced to 12 for three inside five overs.</p>.<p>Later, opener Imam-ul-Haq (83) turned out to be the lone bright spot for Pakistan as they faltered in pursuit of the modest chase and were restricted to 202 for nine.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We always know that India are a serious side and the number one side the world. We still need to improve a bit of our batting and bowling," Mortaza said after the match.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We will be missing Shakib (Al Hasan) and Tamim (Iqbal) but the boys have showed character and one match to go, and hopefully the boys will play hard," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Praising his team for the crucial win, Mortaza said: "The bowlers did a good job, especially when we didn't get the runs. I think we changed our combination a bit. Usually I open the bowling, but today we started with (Mehidy Hasan) Miraz.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Mushi (Mushfiqur Rahim) and (Mohammad) Mithun batted really well."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mortaza's blinder of a catch at mid-wicket to dismiss Shoaib Malik off Rubel Hossain's bowling in the 21st over was one of the turning points of the match.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was lucky that I didn't drop my catch, because Shoaib Malik was in such good form, but overall the fielding was really good," Mortaza said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Long time we haven't seen this quality of fielding in our team, so hopefully the boys can understand the value of good fielding."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed took the blame for his side's loss after they ended with a score of 202 for 9 while chasing 240 to win.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Not feeling good, the performance wasn't good. As a captain, I didn't do well. So I think as a team and as a captain, I didn't lead well," Sarfraz said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We didn't field well, our batting collapsed and as a team we didn't do well in any department."</p>