Finally, the victory of relief || Bangladesh is in the Super Four!
Asia Cup is going on. This year's fight for the Asia Cup has been fabulous. Fans are witnessing one dramatic match after another. Bangladesh and Afghanistan met in the last match of the Asia Cup. At present Bangladesh and Afghanistan are equally powerful teams. Therefore, the fans discussed and criticized this match. Someone was putting Afghanistan forward, and someone was in favor of Bangladesh!
Bangladesh started this year's Asia Cup by losing very badly. Bangladesh's team lost against Sri Lanka by a huge margin. The team could not bowl well after being bowled out for a few runs at the start of the batting. As a result, Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets in the 39th over. By doing this, the Sri Lankans advanced by two valuable points as well as the Ran rate. On the other hand, the Bangladesh team fell behind in run rate as a result of losing badly.
The Afghanistan team was waiting for Bangladesh in the last match in the battle of life and death. Bangladesh had no choice but to win this match against Afghanistan. However, it wasn't enough to win the match; It was necessary to win from a good position. Therefore, collecting a good run rate along with a win against a strong Afghanistan in Asian conditions was a very difficult task. A review of Bangladesh's recent ODI matches against Afghanistan proved to be quite an impossible task. But Bangladesh has won the impossible!
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The match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh was held in Lahore, Pakistan. Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and decided to bat at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. On this day, there are three changes in the XI of Bangladesh. Along with Afif, Hasan Mahmud, Shamim Hossain made his debut for Bangladesh in the ODI format. There is also a change in Bangladesh's opening. Sheikh Naim and Mehidy Hasan Miraz came to open for Bangladesh in this match.
With the change of players, the luck of Bangladesh also changed in this match. Bangladesh had a chance to set a good target to win the toss at the beginning. Bangladesh batters did the same. Naim Sheikh and Mehdi Hasan Miraj gave Bangladesh a good start in the openers. Although the team lost the first wicket for 60 runs and the second wicket for 63 runs, Mehadi Hasan Miraz and Nazmul Hasan Shanto's incredible performances put Bangladesh a huge target in front of Afghanistan. Mehadi Miraz and Nazmul Hasan Shanto both completed their centuries. Besides, Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim's great finishing at the end saw Bangladesh's innings stop at 334 runs.
It was a big challenge for Afghanistan to chase down the huge run target given by Bangladesh. Because Afghanistan never chased off 300 runs and won in an ODI before. Informed batsman Gurbaz went down to bat against the target given by Bangladesh and got out early on the way to the pavilion. After his dismissal, the rest scored runs, but it wasn't enough to win. Ibrahim Zadran and captain Hasmatullah Shahidi gave good innings but it was not enough in the end. The team was all out for just 245 runs. As a result, along with winning by 89 runs, the Bangladesh team also advanced in the run rate.
With this huge victory, the Super Four place is almost certain for Bangladesh. Because even if Afghanistan wins the match against Sri Lanka, Bangladesh will be ahead in run rate. But if they beat Sri Lanka by a big margin then Sri Lanka will fall back in terms of run rate. So it is impossible to leave Bangladesh behind without any miracle.
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