New Delhi. The Bangladesh team was on the cards on Tuesday when its fans felt that their favorite team was moving towards victory. Bangladesh had to score 236 runs in 50 overs to win. He had also scored 120 runs for 2 wickets in 25.4 overs. Now he had to score 116 runs in 146 balls to win and only eight wickets were left. Despite this, Bangladesh team lost the match by a huge margin of 92 runs and lagged behind 0-1 in the 3-match series.
Afghanistan caused this misfortune to Bangladesh in the ODI match played in Sharjah. Batting first in the match, the Afghan team scored 235 runs in 49.4 overs. At one time Afghanistan was also in danger of collapsing cheaply when it lost 5 wickets for 71 runs. At this critical time, team veteran Mohammad Nabi (84) took charge along with captain Hashmatullah Shahidi (52). Both of them made a partnership of 104 runs and got Afghanistan out of trouble.
If Mohammad Nabi and Hashmatullah Shahidi brought Afghanistan out of trouble in batting, then Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar did the same in bowling. Allah Mohammad took 6 wickets in the match. His bowling analysis was 6.3 overs, 1 maiden and 6 wickets. He spent only 26 runs in this spell. Rashid Khan took two wickets. Mohammad Nabi and Azmatullah Omarzai had one wicket each. Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, who took six wickets, was chosen player of the match. 18 year old Allah Mohammad played his debut match in March this year. This was only his sixth ODI match.
Bangladesh made a good start chasing 236 runs. After losing the wicket of Tanjid Hasan (3) early, second opener Soumya Sarkar (33) and captain Nazmul Hasan Shanto (47) took their team to 65 runs. Soumya Sarkar was out on this score. After this, Nazmul Hasan Shanto and Mehdi Hasan Miraj (28) took the score to 120 runs. Captain Shanto was out on this score. After this, a competition started among the Bangladesh batsmen to return to the pavilion quickly. The team that lost the third wicket in the 26th over was all out in 34.3 overs.
FIRST PUBLISHED : November 6, 2024, 11:33 PM IST