Pakistan keep Bangladesh down to 133 in second T20I
Mirza finished with 2-17 and Daniyal took 2-23 after Pakistan won the toss and sent Bangladesh into bat on another slow-paced pitch.
Jaker Ali hit a fiery 48-ball 55 for his third T20I fifty, smashing five sixes and a boundary before holing out off the final delivery of the 20th over.
Fast bowler Abbas Afridi also grabbed 2-37.
Bangladesh lead the three-match series 1-0 after winning the first match – also at the same venue – by seven wickets.
Clinical Bangladesh thump sloppy Pakistan in first T20I
Bangladesh had lost four wickets by sixth over for 28 before Jaker and Mahedi Hasan revived the innings with a 53-run stand for the fifth wicket.
Mahedi scored a 25-ball 33 with two sixes and as many boundaries.
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