Afghanistan win series even before its conclusion
This was expected, wasn’t it? It was all in the hype, after all. Since all the talk was about Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Zadran, it was only natural for the Bangladeshi batsmen to be overly cautious against them.
In the end, that is exactly what happened as, once again, it was the storm of Rashid Khan that took the game away from the Tigers. After winning the toss and deciding to bat first, Bangladesh came in with a team that consisted of 8 specialist batsmen.
It clearly showed how much they were concerned about the threat that Rashid Khan brings but in the end, even that didn’t work out.
The Tigers somehow managed to reach 134 in 20 overs, during which they lost all the wickets of their 8 specialist batsmen.
Tamim Iqbal top scored with 43 from 48 balls while Abu Hider Rony played a great cameo in the end, smacking 21 from 14 balls.
The target was all too easy to chase down for the Afghans, even though they started slowly. Nazmul Islam Apu grabbed two maidens and ended with figures of 14 runs from 4 overs.
Abu Hider Rony was great with the ball as well, taking a wicket in his three overs while only giving away 14 runs. In the end, the target was too small to defend as some great hitting by Mohammad Nabi – who scored 31 not-out from 15 balls – got them across the mark.
Samiullah Shenwari was the pick of the batsmen as he scored 49 from 41 balls as Afghanistan won the game by six wickets and with 7 balls to spare.
Scores:
Bangladesh – 134/8 after 20 overs
Tamim Iqbal – 43 (48) | Rashid Khan – 4-0-12-4
Afghanistan – 135/4 after 20 overs
Samiullah Shenwari – 49 (41) | Mosaddek Hossain 3-0-21-2
Afghanistan win by six wickets.
