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Published: 22:57, 16 July 2023

BAN vs AFG

Bangladesh won by 6 wickets

Bangladesh pacers in Sylhet after the rain came! Hundreds of minutes were wasted, the length of the match was reduced to 3 overs.

When the game started after the rain, the Afghan middle order broke like a house of cards! Nasum-Shakib's whirlwind of tour batters leave the mother crying life situation!

In the end, they got the capital to fight under the bat of Omarzai-Zanat. Bangladesh started flying chasing small targets. But when the two openers return to the dressing room with a gap of one ball between them, it affects the run rate.

However, Shakib's fluent batting did not give the hosts much momentum to win.

Today (July 16) Afghanistan lost the toss and batted first at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium and scored 116 runs after losing 7 wickets in 17 overs. Where Omarzai scored 25 runs off 21 balls.

And Taskin was the best bowler of the innings by taking 3 wickets for 33 runs for Bangladesh. In response, Bangladesh reached the port of victory after losing 4 wickets in 16 overs.

Liton scored the maximum 35 runs for the team. In this victory, Bangladesh lost the series against Afghanistan by 2-0. This is Bangladesh's first bilateral T20 series win against them.