Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal says he was delighted with his recovery from knee surgery after hitting 81 in the narrow World Cup warm-up loss to Pakistan.

The 25-year-old left-hander showed no ill effects from last month's operation during a 168-run stand for the 3rd wicket with Mohammad Mahmudullah 83 on Monday.

Despite Iqbal's efforts, Pakistan surpassed Bangladesh's total of 246 in the penultimate over and the Tigers will now target a win in Friday's final warm-up against Ireland.