Pakistan v Bangladesh: Shahid Afridi stars, Mohammad Amir celebrates World Twenty20 win – in pictures

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  Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi pauses as he bats. (AP Photo/ Bikas Das)

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  Bangladesh’s Tamim Iqbal bats. (AP Photo/ Bikas Das)

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  Bangladesh’s Arafat Sunny dives to stop the ball off his own bowling. ( AFP / Dibyangshu SARKAR)

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  Pakistan’s Ahmed Shehzad walks back after his dismissal. (AP Photo/ Bikas Das)

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  Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan looks on. (AFP / Dibyangshu SARKAR)

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  Pakistan’s Ahmad Shahzad, right, plays a shot as Bangladesh’s wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim looks on. (AFP / Dibyangshu SARKAR)

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  Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir celebrates after the dismissal of Bangladesh’s Soumya Sarkar. (AFP / Dibyangshu SARKAR)

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  ... And more celebration. (AFP / Dibyangshu SARKAR)

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  Bangladesh’s Soumya Sarkar leans across the boundary line to take a catch to dismiss Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez. (AFP / Dibyangshu SARKAR)

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  Bangladesh’s Tamim Iqbal plays a shot. (AFP / Dibyangshu SARKAR)

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  Pakistan’s Ahmad Shehzad fields a ball. (AFP / Dibyangshu SARKAR)

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  Pakistan players celebrate after Sharjeel Khan took a catch to dismiss Bangladesh’s Mashrafe Mortaza. (AP Photo/ Bikas Das)

Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 55 runs to open their World Twenty20 Group 2 campaign. Click through for photos from the match.

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