Ghazanfar’s six-fer flooring Bangladesh in first ODI

Afghanistan and Bangladesh kicked off their three-match ODI sequence on Wednesday, November 6 on the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi gained the toss and elected to bat first.

Bangladesh struck early, sending again Rahmanullah Gurbaz to the pavilion for a mere 5 runs. Rahmat Shah didn’t get going as he was dismissed subsequent for two(13). Afghanistan saved on dropping wickets at common intervals and have been 71/5 after 20 overs. The wrecker-in-chief up till now was Mustafizur Rahman.

However Afghanistan fought again within the type of Mohammad Nabi (84 off 79) and Shahidi (52 off 92) who fashioned a 104-run partnership for the sixth wicket, bringing their staff again into the sport. Nangeyalia Kharote performed a helpful innings down the order, scoring an unbeaten 27 off 28 balls to permit Afghanistan to succeed in a aggressive whole of 235 ultimately. For Bangladesh, Rahman and Taskin Ahmed picked up 4 wickets every whereas Shoriful contributed with one.

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In response, Bangladesh have been rocked early too. Allah Ghazanfar, the 18-year-old offspinner, dismissed Tanzid Hasan for 3 runs. Soumya Sarkar (33 off 45 balls) and Najmul Hossain Shanto (47 off 68 balls) stabilised the innings with a 53-run partnership however the former was dismissed by Azmatullah Omarzai simply when the partnership seemed threatening. Mehidy Hasan Miraz offered help to Shanto for the third-wicket partnership however each have been dismissed at an important juncture of the sport.

What was to come back subsequent was not anticipated by anybody as Bangladesh suffered a dramatic collapse, going from 132/3 to 143 all out. Ghazanfar (6/26) was the chief destroyer at this stage and his wily off-spin spun an online round even the veteran of Bangladeshi batters. The off-break bowler was on a hat-trick likelihood as nicely at one stage however failed to attain it. The Bangladeshi decrease order gave nothing to put in writing house about and finally Afghanistan wrapped up the innings, successful the sport by an imposing 92-run margin.

Other than Ghazanfar, Rashid Khan (2/28), Azmatullah Omarzai (1/16) and Mohammad Nabi (1/23) have been the opposite wicket-takers. The second ODI shall be performed on Saturday, November 9 on the similar venue.

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