The 3rd match of the Tri-nation T20I series saw hosts Bangladesh take on Afghanistan, who were coming off a very good win over Zimbabwe in their last match. Rashid Khan won the toss and chose to bat first.
Saifuddin and Shakib removed the openers cheaply and even Tarakai fell for 11 runs. But Asghar Afghan made 40 with 2 sixes and 3 fours and Mohammad Nabi came to the party with a scintillating 84* off 54 balls with 7 sixes and 3 fours, taking his team to 164/6 in 20 overs.
Mohammad Saifuddin picked 4/33 and Shakib picked 2/18 in their 4 overs each.
In reply, Mujeeb Ur Rahman kept pegging wickets as no Bangladesh batsman could stay on the crease. Mahmudullah top-scored with 44 and Sabbir made 24, but Mujeeb’s 4/15 and two wickets each from Rashid and Gulbadin Naib meant that Bangladesh could only manage 139 runs.
Afghanistan won the match by 25 runs and registered their 12th consecutive win in Men’s T20Is and broke their own record of 11 wins. Afghanistan has won each of their last 21 T20I matches in Asia.
BRIEF SCORES:
AFG 164/6 (M NABI 84*; M SAIFUDDIN 4/33) defeated BAN 139 (MAHMUDULLAH 44; MUJEEB 4/15) by 25 runs
