Opener Hazratullah Zazai hit a half-century as Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by eight wickets within the second and last cricket Twenty20 to attract the sequence 1-1 on Saturday.
Zazai struck an unbeaten 59 runs off 45 balls and shared a 99-run partnership with Usman Ghani for the second wicket to assist Afghanistan race to victory with 14 balls to spare.
Darwish Rasooli (9 not out) wrapped up the sport, pulling left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed for a six over deep mid-wicket as Afghanistan completed on 121-2 in reply to Bangladesh’s 115-9.
“We made a few mistakes in our batting in the first game, but we learned from those mistakes in the second game,” Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi stated. “When we realized that the pitch isn’t that good for batting, we made the plan to restrict them to a lower total.”
Afghanistan misplaced the primary match by 61 runs.
Both groups lined up earlier than the beginning of play and noticed a minute’s silence in reminiscence of Shane Warne and Rod Marsh.
Ghani, who survived twice on 39 and 41, scored 47 runs off 48 balls with 5 fours and one six.
Zazai and Ghani’s match-defining partnership got here after Afghanistan misplaced Rahmanullah Gurbaz (3).
Zazai’s innings was nearly chanceless. He slog-swept left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan for six over deep square-leg to succeed in his third 50 off 37 balls and hit three fours and 5 sixes.
“We wanted to win the T20s in particular, so I am disappointed with the way it finished today,” Bangladesh coach Russell Domingo stated. “We have dropped nine catches in the last five games. If we knew what it was, we probably wouldn’t be doing it. Whether it is the concentration, confidence or dealing with pressure, I am not 100% sure.”
Playing his a centesimal T20 recreation for Bangladesh, Mushfiqur Rahim top-scored with 30.
Captain Mahmudullah scored 21 and within the course of turned the primary Bangladeshi batter to succeed in 2,000 runs on this format.
Liton Das and Mohammad Naim each made 13.
Fast bowlers Fazalhaq Farooqi and Azmatullah Omarzai ripped by way of Bangladesh, claiming three wickets every after the hosts opted to bat first.
Bangladesh stumbled to 45-4 after which Mushfiqur and Mahmudullah shared 43 runs. After their dismissals, Bangladesh batters didn’t hit huge within the demise overs.
Bangladesh gained the three-match ODI sequence 2-1.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
