Hazratullah Zazai struck an unbeaten half century to assist Afghanistan thrash Bangladesh by eight wickets within the second Twenty20 worldwide with the two-match collection ending all sq. at 1-1 in Dhaka on Saturday.
Zazai hit 59 off 45 balls and Usman Ghani scored 47, guiding Afghanistan to 121-2 in 17.4 overs after Fazalhaq Farooqi and Azmatullah Omarzai claimed three wickets every to limit Bangladesh to 115-9.
A minute’s silence was noticed in reminiscence of late Australian greats Shane Warne and Rodney Marsh earlier than the beginning of the match.
Both Zazai and Ghani benefited from Bangladesh’s sloppy fielding because the hosts did not again up Thursday’s convincing 61 run victory.
Nasum Ahmed dropped Zazai on nought off the third ball of the innings earlier than Afif Hossain and Mohammad Naim reprieved Ghani at 39 and 41 off the bowling of Mahedi Hasan.
Mahedi struck early to take away Rahmanullah Gurbaz for 3 however Zazai and Ghani took full benefit of Bangladesh’s weak fielding so as to add 99 runs for the second wicket.
Mahmudullah Riyad dismissed Ghani to interrupt the stand, with Afghanistan solely 13 runs away from victory.
It was left to Darwish Rasooli to finish the sport with a towering six off left-arm spinner Nasum.
Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi hailed the group for his or her bowling efforts.
“The boys performed rather well, particularly within the first innings. Hazratullah and Ghani batted nicely for us,” he said.
The hosts earlier never managed to get going after electing to bat first, losing wickets at regular intervals.
“It was a good wicket to bat on. We didn’t put together enough partnerships. (I am) very disappointed the way this game turned up,” mentioned Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah.
“We want to enhance our fielding. That’s one thing we have to work on,” he added.
Mushfiqur Rahim top-scored with 30 off 25 balls, in his 100th Twenty20 international, while Mahmudullah chipped in with 21 off 13 balls.
On 19, Mahmudullah became the first Bangladeshi to score 2000 runs in Twenty20 internationals before he was trapped plumb in front by leg-spinner Rashid Khan.
Farooqi finished with 3-19 while Omarzai claimed 3-22
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