A Combating Half-Cantury by Tanzid Hasan and Excellent Bowling by Mustafizur Rahman Took Middle Stage as Bangladesh gamers maintain their neves to beat afghanstan by T20 asia cup 2025 on the sheikh zayed stadium in abu dhabi on tuesday.
Mustafizur rahman was the decide of the bowlers for bangladesh as he bagged three wickets whereas taskin ahmed, rishad hossain, and nasum ahmed disasted two scalps every. With this win, bangladesh hold themselves alive within the match and battle for a spot within the tremendous 4 stage.
Earlier than this match, Afghanistan By no means Chased A Goal of Extra Than 150 Towards a Full Member Asian Nation.
Chasing 155, Afghanistan Had a Disastrous Begin as They Misplaced Opener Sedicullah Atal on the very first ball of the innings by nasum ahmed. It was a wicket maiden for the spinner. Ibrahim zadran got here to bat at no. 3 and joined rahmanullah gurbaz. The duo tried to rebuild the innings and struck a extra fourses earlier than nasum struruck once more to dismiss zadran within the fifth over.
Gulbadin Naib Got here to Bat No. 4 and Struck Mustafizur Rahman for a 4 to Attain 27/2 on the finish of the powerplay.
Gulbadin and gurbaz stitched a 33-r important partnership for the third wicket earlier than Rishad Hossain Caught and Bowled The Former For 16. Gurbaz saved the scoreboard Working and Smashed Saiif Hassan For Ax Hassan For Ax Over Lengthy-off. Afghanistan was 61/3 on the Midway Mark.
Rishad Eliminated Gurbaz on the second ball of the eleventh over to present an enormous jolt to their chase. He departed after scoring 35, laced with two sixes and as many fours. Mohammad Nabi and Azmatullah Omarzai Had a Transient 11-R Stand as Mustafizur Bowled The Former out for 15.
In the meantime, omarzai hit the sixth gear and smashed saif for a 4 and two maximums to generate 20 from it. Pacer taskin ahmed dismissed azmatullah for 30 to present some respite to his aspect. Nevertheless, Rashid Obtained off to a Mark with a No-Look Six and A 4 to Hold His Aspect Alive within the Match.
Within the subsequent over, karim janat and rashid was concerned in a mix-up that resulted within the elimination of the previous. Within the final two overs, Afghanistan Wanted 27 Runs to Win the Match. Regardless of being hit for a 4 on the primary ball, Mustafizur despatched rashid again to the Pavilion on the following ball to place strain again on the Afghans.
The equation turned to 22 off the final over. Noor Ahmad Hit Two Sixes to Bringing Them Nearer to the goal, however finally Fell on the final ball of the innings as bangladesh walked as with a Victory.
Opting to bat first, The Bangladesh Openers Gave a flying begin with tanzid hasan and saif hassan profiting from the powerplay. The batting aspect might solely handle eights within the first two overs with out Saif too joined the bandwagon, Hitting a Six off Am Ghazanfar Earlier than Smashing a 4 in Azmatullah Omarzai’s Subsequent Over.
The ultimate over of the sphere restrictions brough for pleasure for tanzid as he launched ghazanfar for 2 maximums to simply accept 19 from the over. Bangladesh was trying strong with a rating of 59/0 after Six overs. Afghanistan Captain Rashid Khan Gave the First Breakthrough to his aspect, Cleansing up SAIF for 30 within the Seventh Over.
Bangladesh captain liton das joined tanzid within the center. The autumn of a wicket brieft two tight overs for Afghanistan Earlier than Tanzid Smacked A Six Over Deep Backward Sq. Leg to Transfer into the 40s. Bangladesh Reached 87/1 on the Midway Mark.
Proper after the drinks break, noor ahmad made an instantaneous impression with The tossed-up supply Round Leg Beat the Tried Sweep, and a Profitable assessment confirmed three reds, sending the skipper again early.
In the meantime, tanzid completes his half-content in 28 balls earlier than Hitting noor for a Six to Carry Up 100 for Bangladesh within the thirteenth over. Later in the identical over, noor struck once more, dismissing tanzid for 52, an innings that featured three sixes and 4 boundaries.
Shamim Hossain and Towhid Hridoy was attempting to maintain the scoreboard ticking, and the previous hit two fours of rashid khan within the 14th over earlier than strikeing noor for a boundary within the subsequent has 119/3 after 15 overs.
Rashid Khan Minimize Quick Shamim’s innings for 11 within the sixteenth over to restruct bangladesh from scoring massive within the dying overs. Within the penultimate over, omarzai dismissed hridoy after scoring 26 as jaaker Ali and Nurul Hasan Performed An identical Knocks of 12 Every to Drag Bangladesh to 154/5 in 20 overs.
For Afghanistan, Spinners Rashid and Noor Bagged Two Scalps Every to Comprise Bangladesh after getting a strong begin.