AFG VS BAN - 3rd ODI, Afghanistan v Bangladesh in UAE, 2024

The trophy is presented to Shahidi and his team-mates join him as they celebrate. Afghanistan are on the rise and in these conditions they are a very very dangerous side. Their trajectory is all the time going up and it will be interesting to see how they do in the Champions Trophy next year. Bangladesh on the other hand were hit with injuries on this tour and they did not have their best players. They go to West Indies next while Afghanistan travel to Zimbabwe for a full tour. That's it from us from here for now. We will be there for all of the aforementioned games. See you next time, till then take care and be well. Bye.

Hashmatullah Shahidi | Afghanistan captain: Very happy as a captain, the way my team performed, proud of the team. Honestly, when we lost the toss, little bit disappointed. When you see the 2nd innings here, the ball swung and spun, but the boys took responsibility, Gurbaz, Azmat and Nabi played well, proud of them. [on Gurbaz] He is the matchwinner player, whenever he scored runs, he did a lot for our team, he is very talented and hope he takes that momentum to the future and to the Champions Trophy. The way we are playing right now is very good, if you see everyone is performing and different guys are performing. We will try and make our team even stronger, we have Zimbabwe next, we will try to win that series and take that momentum to the Champions Trophy.

Mehidy Hasan Miraz | Bangladesh captain: It was a tough job, the boys played really well, especially Riyadh bhai and me. The problem was we did not get wickets in the middle overs. We saw in the last two matches, the wicket was spinning, that's why I chose to bat. But dew came and the wicket is easy, but they played really well, especially Gurbaz and Omarzai. [on Nahid Rana] He is playing well. We played after a long time in Sharjah especially in ODIs and we have a series in West Indies next, today we are going there.

Mohammad Nabi | Player of the Series: [on his young son who has come out alongside him here] Yes he loves his cricket. In my mind from the last World Cup, I thought of retiring, if I play one Champions Trophy it will be great for me. Just small contributions from my side to the youngsters and my insight to them will be more useful. Lot of time I speak to Ghazanfar and Nangeyalia on what to bowl. Last series I did not do well with the bat, I worked hard before the series, that was my target to perform in this series and great to perform for the team. Spoke with Omarzai and told him to look for the singles, play straight and boundary will come, the wicket is easy.

Azmatullah Omarzai | Player of the Match: Firstly I want to thank Almighty Allah. It was tough for me coming back from the two bad games, but I was positive hitting the ball where I wanted to. Gurbaz was there, so I was confident, if I miss a few balls, I don't care as Gurbaz can cover. Whenever I get loose balls I go after it. Wicket was slow, the ball was sticking, so I used more variations, I was speaking to Rashid and he told me to mix it up and that was the plan. I never bowled in the last overs, it was the first time for me so it was tough. It means a lot for me, it is my first Man of the Match in my four-year ODI career and I'm thankful to Allah.

22:02 Local Time, 18:02 GMT, 23:32 IST: Afghanistan are flying high. Their third consecutive ODI series win and they are over the moon. The chase of 244 was not going to be easy with how the first two games went but the pitch tonight played much better and they batted really well too. Gurbaz after two failures made it big with a fine 100. He looked switched on from ball one and found an able ally in Azmatullah, the duo's stand of 100 for the fourth wicket put their side on the way and Nabi came out and added the finishing touches. When Naib holed out, things looked tricky but the experience of Nabi calmed Azmatullah down and the two took their side to a fine win. Bangladesh and Mehidy Miraz showed their inexperience as the spinner bowled poorly and did not build pressure consistently to take wickets. Bangladesh though will be happy with how Nahid Rana bowled tonight, he was superb on debut and was well supported by Mustafizur and Nasum. Stay tuned for the presentation...

Shoriful Islam to Azmatullah, SIX, Azmatullah ends it with a six. And he roars and punches the air as he celebrates looking at his team-mates. A full delivery just outside off, Azmatullah gets forward and lofts clean and high over long-on, it was in the slot and he did not miss out

Shoriful Islam to Nabi, 1 run, length delivery on middle, Nabi tries to end it with a wild hoick, thick inside-edge hits the leg and rolls to backward point, they take a quick single

Shoriful Islam [8.0-0-54-0] is back into the attack

Mustafizur to Azmatullah, no run, short of length on the stumps, Azmatullah gets right behind the line to defend it back

Nabi has a chat with Azmatullah.

Mustafizur to Nabi, 1 run, short of length on off, pushed down to long-off for one

Mustafizur to Nabi, FOUR, Nabi ending this on a high. A short of length delivery on off, does not rise too high, Nabi slams the pull hard and to the deep square-leg fence

Mustafizur to Nabi, FOUR, thick leading-edge but to the third man fence and that will do for Nabi. A slower-ball off-cutter on middle, Nabi flicks to leg and the edge runs away wide of backward point and third man

Mustafizur to Azmatullah, 1 run, length delivery outside off, Azmatullah slogs and the thick outside-edge flies fine of third man, Shoriful gets across and cuts it off with a dive, does well

Mustafizur to Azmatullah, no run, slower short delivery and across Azmatullah who lets it go

Nahid Rana to Nabi, no run, short of length on middle, Nabi shuffles across to clip and misses, rapped on the thigh pad and too high for LBW, turned down

Nahid Rana to Nabi, FOUR, smashed for four. A half-volley outside off, Nabi thumps the drive wide of cover, that boundary should seal the deal for his side

Nahid Rana to Azmatullah, 1 run, full on middle, driven to wide mid-off and a quick single taken

Nahid Rana to Nabi, 1 run, full outside off, driven to sweeper cover