Captain Rashid Khan's record-breaking all-round performance (75 runs & 11/104) helped Afghanistan to beat Bangladesh in one-off the Test match at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.
On the first day, Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bat first. Rahmat Shah's maiden Test hundred, Asghar Afgan's 92 and captain Rashid Khan's 51 helped their team to post 342 runs on the board. In reply, Bangladesh couldn't do much against Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi and bowled out for just 205 runs. Rashid Khan took 5 wickets for 55 runs.
In the second innings, Afghanistan scored 260 runs with the help of Ibrahim Zadran's 87 and Asghar Afghan's 50 and set a target of 366 runs for the hosts. Bangladesh once again had a poor start and no batsmen could dig in but on the fifth-day rain was playing hide and seek game and at the last moment the rain stopped and Afghanistan had only 18 overs to take final 4 wickets which they took inside 15 overs and registered a memorable win. Rashid Khan took 6 wickets in the second innings and 11 wickets in the match and was named Man of the Match.
All the major stats and facts from the one-off the Test between Bangladesh and Afghanistan in Chattogram
1 - Bangladesh became the first team to lose their first Test match against 10 different nations.
2 - This was Afghanistan's 2nd win in their 3rd Test match - the joint fewest Tests taken by a team to register 2 Test wins.
Tests taken by teams to register 2 wins -
3 - Australia / Afghanistan
4 - England
9 - Pakistan
12 - West Indies
13 - South Africa
20 - Sri Lanka
30 - India
31 - Zimbabwe
55 - New Zealand
60 - Bangladesh
1- Rashid Khan is the first player to make a fifty and take a 10-wicket haul on his captaincy debut in Tests.
3 - Rashid Khan became the third captain to score a 50 plus score and take 10 wickets in a Test match.
Captains to score 50 plus runs and take 10 wickets in a Test match -
Imran Khan (117 & 11/180) vs IND at Faisalabad, 1983
Allan Border (75 & 11/96) vs WI at Sydney, 1989
Rashid Khan (51 & 11/104) vs BAN at Chattogram, 2019
20y 354d - Rashid Khan at the age of 20 years and 354 days became the youngest ever captain to win a Test match.
102 - Rahmat Shah played 102 runs knock in the first innings of this Test - first-ever Test centurion for Afghanistan.
First Test centurion for each nation -
Australia - Charles Bannerman
Bangladesh - Aminul Islam
England - WG Grace
India - Lala Amarnath
Ireland - Kevin O'Brien
New Zealand - Stewie Dempster
Pakistan - Nazar Mohammad
South Africa - Jimmy Sinclair
Sri Lanka - Sidath Wettimuny
West Indies - Clifford Roach
Zimbabwe - Dave Houghton
Afghanistan - Rahmat Shah
105 - Taijul Islam when he took the first wicket, became the third Bangladeshi bowler to take 100 wickets in Test cricket.
Most Test wickets for Bangladesh -
210 - Shakib al Hasan
105 - Taijul Islam
100 - Mohammad Rafique
89 - Mehidy Hasan
78 - Mashrafe Mortaza
