Bangladesh's victory in the breathtaking match!
Bangladesh Cricket : The Tigers
The bilateral series between Afghanistan and Bangladesh is ongoing. A three-match ODI series has already been held; Whereas Afghans beat Bangladesh 2-1 and set a record for winning the ODI series against Bangladesh for the first time. After ODI, the two teams met in a two-match T20 series. The first T20 match between the two teams was held yesterday. Tawhid Hridoy's & Shamim's brilliant batting performance gave Bangladesh team a win of two wickets in that match.
The first T20 match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan was held in Sylhet, the city of tea. The match started at 6 pm Bangladesh time at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium surrounded by natural beauty. Both teams entered the field with their best combinations. Especially on this day, Afghanistan has lined up the playing eleven with all their T20 stars. There is no room to doubt the strength of the team comprising five IPL players. You have to agree that Afghanistan is a better team than Bangladesh in the T20 format!
According to the team's strength, Afghanistan was the favorite in the match. Although the series is being held on Bangladesh soil, Bangladesh's poor performance in the ODI series after that speaks for the Afghans. The first T20 match between the two teams started on time. At the beginning of the match, the captain of the Bangladesh team, the world's best all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, decided to bowl after winning the toss. He first invited Afghanistan to bat.
Two openers Gurbaz and Hazratullah Zazai came to bat for Afghanistan at the invitation of Bangladesh. However, the Afghans' innings didn't start well at all. The team lost the first four wickets for just 52 runs. The departure of the top-order batsmen put the team under pressure early on. At one point, the Afghans looked set to be all-out in a few runs. But Mohammad Nabi took the team to a good position from that situation. The experienced all-rounder completes his half-century. Muhammad Nabi was given worthy company by Hazmotullah Omarzai and Najibullah Zadran. Afghan innings stopped at 154 runs.
In response to Afghanistan's 155 runs, Bangladesh lost wickets early on when they went into bat. Rony Talukder was bowled by Farooq and headed for the pavilion. After Rony Talukder, Nazmul Hasan Shanto, Liton Das, and Captain Shakib left the road to victory became difficult for Bangladesh. After losing four wickets for 64 runs, scoring 90+ runs against the inform Afghan bowlers in the last 10 overs was very hard. The young batters of Bangladesh have made the impossible possible.
Bangladesh Cricket : The Tigers
Bangladesh came close to victory with the outstanding batting performance of Tawhid Hraday and Shamim Hossain. However, although Rashid dismissed Shamim, only 6 runs were needed in the last over due to the good batting of Miraj and Hridoy. And in this last over several dramas happened. Mehdi Hasan Miraz hit the ball out of the boundary on the very first ball and the equation became easy for Bangladesh. But just at that time, Karim Jannat scored a hat-trick. However, Bangladesh won the dramatic match with Shoriful's spectacular shot. As a result, the team took a 1-0 lead in the 2-match series!