Taking wickets in Bangladesh is so simple. Afghan cricketers have once again demonstrated how easy it is to take wickets in Bangladesh. It appeared to be a competition of coming and going.
Taking wickets in Bangladesh. Bangladesh lost their last eight wickets for only 23 runs. After 25.4 overs, they were at 120 for 2. The final eight wickets went within 53 balls. The last seven wickets went in a span of 25 balls, with Ghaffar getting five! He had previously dismissed opener Tanzid Hasan.
Prior to this extraordinary collapse, the environment was favorable to Bangladesh. Although the openers, Soumya Sarkar and Tanzid, were bowled for 65 runs in 12 overs, Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Najmul Hossain put on a 55-run stand for the third wicket. Najmul also formed a 53-run partnership with Soumya for the second wicket. But after that, Bangladesh’s batting collapsed like a house of cards.
Captain Najmul scored the highest for Bangladesh with 47 runs. Soumya contributed 33 runs, while Miraz added 28 runs.
Aside from Ghazanffar’s solo ‘show,’ Rashid Khan took 2 wickets for 28 runs. Nabi and Omarzai claimed one wicket each. With this win, Afghanistan took a 1–0 lead in the three-match series. The second match of the series will be on Saturday in Sharjah.”
Afghanistan scored 235 in 49.4 overs (Nabi 84, Hashmatullah 52, Kharote 27*, Gulbadin 22, Atal 21; Taskin 4/53, Mustafizur 4/58, Shariful 1/32, Miraz 0/30, Rishad 0/46, Mahmudullah 0/11).
Bangladesh scored 143 in 34.3 overs (Najmul 47, Soumya 33, Miraz 28, Hridoy 11, Tanzid 3; Ghaffar 6/26, Rashid 2/28, Nabi 1/23, Omarzai 1 /16).
Player of the match: Allah Ghazanffar (Afghanistan).
Afghanistan won with 92 runs.
Afghanistan leads the three-match series, 1-0.
Taking wickets in Bangladesh.
