New Delhi. The Bangladesh team was on the scene on Tuesday as their fans felt that their favorite team was on the way to victory. Bangladesh needed 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 there were only eight wickets left. Despite this, the Bangladesh team lost the game by a huge margin of 92 runs and fell 0-1 in the 3-match series.
Afghanistan caused this misfortune to Bangladesh in the ODI match in Sharjah. Coming first in the game, the Afghan team scored 235 runs in 49.4 overs. At one time Afghanistan were also in danger of collapsing cheaply as they lost five wickets for 71 runs. At this critical time, team veteran Mohammad Nabi (84) took command along with captain Hashmatullah Shahidi (52). Both made a 104-run partnership and brought Afghanistan out of crisis.
If Mohammad Nabi and Hashmatullah Shahidi bailed Afghanistan out in batting, then Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar did the same in bowling. Allah Mohammad took six wickets in the match. His bowling analysis showed 6.3 overs, 1 maiden and 6 wickets. He scored just 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 named player of the match. 18-year-old Allah Mohammad made his debut in March this year. This was only his sixth ODI match.
Bangladesh got off to a good start with 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 in this regard. After that, Nazmul Hasan Shanto and Mehdi Hasan Miraj (28) increased the score to 120 runs. Captain Shanto was out on this one. After this, a competition began among the Bangladesh batsmen to return to the pavilion quickly. The team, which lost the third wicket in the 26th over, was completely bowled out in 34.3 overs.
FIRST PUBLISHED: November 6, 2024, 11:33 PM IST