Opener Liton Das top-scored with 35 as Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan by six wickets within the second Twenty20 worldwide to take the two-match collection 2-Zero on Sunday. Liton laid the muse for the win with a 67-run opening stand with Afif Hossain (24) as Bangladesh raced to 119-Four in 16.1 overs after Taskin Ahmed’s 3-33 helped the aspect limit Afghanistan to 116-7 in a rain-reduced 17 overs. Bangladesh received the opening match of the collection by two wickets on Friday, and Sunday’s follow-up — each of them within the northeastern metropolis of Sylhet — earned them their third consecutive T20 collection win, and their first towards Afghanistan in three makes an attempt.
They defeated world champions England 3-Zero and Scotland 2-1 earlier this 12 months.
Off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman gave Afghanistan a lifeline to save lots of the collection by eradicating Liton and Afif within the house of three balls after their stable stand earlier than Azmatullah Omarzai bowled Najmul Hossain for 4.
However skipper Shakib Al Hasan and younger Towhid Hridoy solid a 31-run stand for the fourth wicket to forestall additional collapse.
“We misplaced couple of wickets, however given the beginning we had, we have been all the time forward,” Shakib stated on the post-match presentation ceremony.
“Given the bottom circumstances, I knew their spinners would have it robust.”
Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan refused to make any excuses.
“Climate will not be an excuse for a group. T20 ought to be selected expertise and we weren’t ok there, particularly in batting,” he stated.
Omarzai dismissed Towhid for 19 earlier than ending with 2-17 however Shakib, along with his unbeaten 18, took Bangladesh house.
Shakib additionally performed a hand with the ball to say 2-15, and Mustafizur Rahman claimed 2-30 as Bangladesh, electing to bowl first, made Afghanistan wrestle.
Rain halted play for one-and-a-half hours after simply seven overs, prompting the match officers to scale back the competition to 17 overs per aspect.
Afghanistan have been already struggling, shedding each openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz (eight) and Hazratullah Zazai (4) to Taskin with 16 runs on the board.
Mustafizur eliminated Mohammad Nabi for 16 after play resumed, and within the subsequent over Shakib dismissed each Ibrahim Zadran (22) and Najibullah Zadran, decreasing Afghanistan to 67-5.
However Omarzai and Karim Janat placed on 42 runs for the sixth wicket to revive the innings.
Mustafizur ended Omarzai’s 21-ball knock of 25 forcing him to provide Shamim Hossain a catch at deep third man.
Janat was out to Taskin within the last over for 22.
Bangladesh received the one-off Check match by a report 546 runs whereas Afghanistan received the three-match one-day worldwide collection 2-1.
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