Dhaka, Oct. 1 -- Bangladesh's hopes of winning the men's cricket gold at the Asian Games ended with a six-wicket defeat by Pakistan in their rain-shortened semi-final in Nisshin.

Pakistan chased down 112 with nine balls to spare after Bangladesh had posted 111/7 from their 13 overs on Thursday.

The Tigers had Pakistan under pressure at several stages of the chase, reducing them to 17/2 after two overs and later 44/3.

But Abdul Samad's unbeaten 30 off 15 balls and Hasan Nawaz's 27 not out steered Pakistan home.

The decisive swing came in Mustafizur Rahman's second over, when Samad launched a six and followed it with four successive boundaries as Pakistan took 23 from the over.

That left them needing only 13 from the final three overs....