Dhaka: Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by five wickets to qualify for the final of the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament in Dhaka on Wednesday.

Soumya Sarkar was Bangladesh's highest scorer with 48 runs, helping his team to 131-5 in 19.1 overs after they restricted Pakistan to 129-7 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. They will face India in the final at the same venue on March 6.

Bangladesh started batting chasing a score of 130 runs to win. Earlier Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat first ending up bagging 129 runs at the cost of seven wickets.