Openers Azhar Ali (76) and Fakhar Zaman (57) then helped knock off the inadequate total with nearly 13 overs and eight wickets to spare as England bowed out of their own tournament at the semi-final stage.
Azhar Ali (76) and Fakhar Zaman (57) all but ended previously unbeaten tournament hosts England's slim hopes of victory with an opening stand of 118.
Pakistan's more seasoned players like Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Hafeez are yet to fire in the tournament and have so far been overshadowed by the young performers.
Root will skip the upcoming T20 series against South Africa, starting on Wednesday, and will instead play for his county Yorkshire in the upcoming round of day-night Championship matches ahead of England's first-ever D/N Test in August and the inaugural pink-ball Ashes Test in Adelaide this summer.
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Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza was the skipper for both these defeats but he insisted his side carried no scars ahead of their first appearance in a major semi-final. "It was a team no one gave a chance, neither here nor back home", added the 30-year-old wicketkeeper, whose 61-not out was key to the victory over Sri Lanka. Now we are in the finals.
"I just told the players if you take it as the semifinal, the pressure will be going very hard, but if you think it's just another match the pressure will ease off", he added. And they did so in style, despite being without injured left-arm quick Mohammad Amir because of a back spasm. "Hopefully, he will recover for the finals", Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed said.
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'We were disappointed not to beat Pakistan because we had been playing well enough but we still have a bit of work to do. "Throughout the whole time, Morgs [Eoin Morgan] and the rest of the guys know that we're not the finished article but we have made huge steps and huge strides. It was a wonderful performance". Speaking on a Pakistani news channel, Sohail has gone ahead and said that the team and skipper Sarfraz Ahmed have no reasons to rejoice and it is external factors that have helped the team reach the final where they will play India for the title.Sohail said: "Sarfraz needs to be told that you have not done anything great".
"They boosted us up really well".
"Certainly, I think we're moving in the right direction".
Morgan promised that the humbling loss to Pakistan would not change his team's approach as they continue to prepare for the 2019 World Cup.
Hasan Ali, who was named Man of the Match said: "It was a big match, so we focused on our bowling. Now we are in the final". "Yes, I will have that India Under-19 game in mind", he said.
On a Cardiff ground where they chased more than 300 to beat England in an ODI previous year, Pakistan completed Wednesday's pursuit with a mammoth 77 balls to spare when Mohammad Hafeez pulled Stokes for four.
It was an outcome which confounded nearly all predictions after England had breezed through the group stages - while Pakistan began their campaign with a landslide defeat against India and sneaked into the last four only when they beat Sri Lanka by three wickets at this same venue two days ago.
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