Tigers claim victory despite Janat's hat-trick

Bangladesh-Afghanistan Series

Tigers claim victory despite Janat's hat-trick

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14 Jul 23 17:32:09

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Karim Janat's hat-trick in the last over went in vain as Shoriful Islam struck a boundary to secure Bangladesh's win over Afghanistan in the first T20I at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Friday.

Bangladesh batter Tawhid Hridoy and Shamim Hossain Patwary stitched a 73-run stand while chasing 154. Hridoy hit an unbeaten on 47 off 32 balls to take Bangladesh to victory while Shamim played a knock of 25-ball 33 runs.

Chasing 155 runs, Bangladesh made a shaky start losing opener RonyTalukdar, he struck a four before getting castled by Farooqi in the first over.

Afghans bowlers kept pressuring the host and eventually lost Najmul Hossain Shanto and Litton Das for 14, 18 runs respectively within the first powerplay.

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Skipper Shakib also departed after playing brief innings of 19 runs when attempting to hit a boundary over the deep point to Fareed Ahmad.

Earlier, Shakib-led Tigers found a new rhythm when they were able to take three wickets within the first powerplay. Nasum Ahmed was struck by Hazratullah Zazai in the first delivery but perished when he tried the same in the next delivery.

The right-handed batter departed for a 10-ball eight getting caught by Towhid Hridoy. Taskin Ahmed then returned, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (16) when he was caught out at deep square leg. Ibrahim Zadran's nicked one to the keeper off the bowling of Shoriful Islam and departed for 8 runs.

Najibullah Zadran and Nabi tried to steady their game before Mehidy Hasan Miraz broke the 35-run partnership by dismissing Zadran on 23.

Then Azmatullah Omarzai and Nabi stitched a 56-run partnership for the six-wicket. Shakib axed Omarzai (33) but Nabi registered a half-century and was unbeaten on 54 runs, their partnership propelled the visitors to reach a strong total of 154-7 after 20 overs.

Shakib was the pick of the bowling attack while the others took one wicket each.