Hosts Bangladesh and Afghanistan shared title after play was called off without a ball being bowled in the final of the T20I tri-series in Dhaka on Tuesday (September 24). 

The two teams reached the summit-clash after taking down Zimbabwe, the third team, in the league stage. 

"Disappointing for the crowd, they came with a high expectation to watch a very good game of cricket,” said Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan after abandonment. 

"But unfortunately, we can’t control rain. It was an important match for us, we played some decent cricket leading up to the final. I think both teams ended up disappointed not to play the match."

It was the end of a successful tour for Afghanistan having earlier defeated Bangladesh quite famously in the one-off Test in Chattogram by 224 runs. Skipper Rashid, however, was left disappointed by no play in the final. 

"We would have definitely liked to have had a game and have a result,” he said. "But we can’t do anything about the weather. It was an incredible performance by the guys, so quite unlucky (to not have a result)."

Earlier in the league stage, Bangladesh topped the table after winning three games, while Afghanistan won two matches out of the four. Zimbabwe got eliminated but did manage one win over the Afghans. 

(Inputs from AP)