Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Abhimanyu will be back for what is likely to be a straightforward 127-run chase. Will there be a surprise? Join in around 5:48pm local time, to find out.

Allan Donald, Bangladesh bowling coach: better performance today. We had a good chat yesterday about our powerplay approach especially. The two seamers did well today. The bounce was inconsistent on game 1, today it carried better. We felt we undersold ourselves by not being aggressive or going short. We got the conservative thought process out the way. Very clinical part one, need a clinical part two.

Khalid: "To defend this low total, AFG needs 3 Rashids but they have none today"

5:21pm: Taskin leads the team back as Shoriful is out with cramps. Both of them were brilliant with the new ball, Shoriful was hostile and reaped rewards. Their bouncers raised questions that were too tough for Afghanistan's top order to answer. Four wickets, including the openers who tonned up in the last game and Mohammad Nabi, fell in the first ten overs as a result. It was a constant struggle and catch up from the visitors thereon. Shakib bowled his joint-second-most economical ten-over spell of his career to ensure no batter got going. A few batters gave away their wickets in the middle overs which was also a concern Afghanistan, most notably the skipper who was starting to get set before being bowled attempting a reverse sweep while on 22. Taijul and Mehidy were on the mark too. As Allan Donald said, it was a clinical performance.

45.2
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Taskin Ahmed to Azmatullah Omarzai, OUT, Omarzai reaches out and top edges a swipe, taken at long-off. Afghanistan's slow burn ends on 126. Taskin hung it wide and kept it slow, Omarzai tried to go over extra but couldn't lunge far across enough to get to it. Good 56 from him but no other mainstay for the visitors.

Azmatullah Omarzai c Mohammad Naim b Taskin Ahmed 56 (118m 71b 1x4 3x6) SR: 78.87

45.1
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Taskin Ahmed to Azmatullah Omarzai, no run, Looked like Taskin rolled his fingers but the speedometer shows 133kph. Another one that slipped out, highish full toss this time. Heaved to deep square leg

Bangladesh 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st2Litton DasMohammad Naim
2nd26Litton DasNajmul Hossain Shanto
3rd61Shakib Al HasanLitton Das
4th40Litton DasTowhid Hridoy