Hazratullah Zazai scored an unbeaten half-century as Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in the second Twenty20 International to end the two-match series 1-1 in Dhaka on Saturday.
Zazai scored 59 off 45 balls and Usman Ghani scored 47 to help Afghanistan lead 121-2 in 17.4 overs when Fazlhaq Farooqui and Ajmatullah Omerzai scored a three-run chase to restrict Bangladesh to 115-9. Took three wickets. for.
Before the start of the match, a minute’s silence was observed in memory of late Australian legend Shane Warne and Rodney Marsh.
Both Zazai and Ghani benefited from Bangladesh’s poor fielding as the hosts failed to support a 61-run victory on Thursday.
Nasum Ahmed dropped Zazai to zero on the third ball of the innings, before Afif Hossain and Mohammad Naeem dismissed Ghani for 39 and 41 off Mahedi Hasan.
Mahedi struck early to dismiss Rahmanullah Gurbaz for three, but Zazai and Ghani took full advantage of Bangladesh’s weak fielding to add 99 runs for the second wicket.
Mahmudullah Riyadh breaks the stand by dismissing Ghani, Afghanistan are just 13 runs away from victory.
It was left to Darvesh Rasuli to end the game with a six off left-arm spinner Nasum.
Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi lauded the team for their bowling efforts.
“The boys played really well, especially in the first innings. Hazratullah and Ghani batted well for us.
Having decided to bat first, the hosts were never able to advance, losing wickets at regular intervals.
“It was a good wicket to bat on. We didn’t share enough. Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah said that I am very disappointed with the way the game went.
“We need to improve our fielding. This is something we need to work on,” he said.
Mushfiqur Rahim scored 30 runs in 25 balls in his 100th Twenty20 International, while Mahmudullah scored 21 runs in 13 balls.
Mahmudullah on 19 became the first Bangladeshi to score 2000 runs in Twenty20 Internationals before being trapped in front of leg-spinner Rashid Khan.
Farooqui scored 3-19 while Omerzai scored 3-22. claimed to
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