BAN VS AFG - 3rd Match, Bangladesh Tri-Series 2019

So, Afghanistan stay undefeated in the tournament. They are the team to beat in this tri-series as the competition moves into the second round at Chattogram. Join us for Bangladesh against Zimbabawe on Wednesday. Until then, good night and take care.

Rashid: It's always tough to get out of such tough situations and post such a good score. I think the senior players took the responsibility. That's how we recovered from four down to 160-plus. Mujeeb bowled well in the previous games too but today he bowled in the right areas, so it was quite tough to hit him. I think it's always good to win against any team, it's pretty good to have four wins against them. We need to keep the momentum with us and do this each and every day. I would like to thank the crowd, the students who came out in numbers, thanks for coming out in numbers and supporting us.

Nabi, MoM: It's a team effort. Bangladesh bowled brilliantly in the powerplay and that put the pressure on us. Me and Asghar planned well and in the last 5 overs the plan worked. The shot selection of the top-order wasn't great, but the pitch was better than the first game. It's a good opportunity for youngsters to play Test cricket and prove themselves, meanwhile, I'll concentrate on white ball cricket, that's important for me. It's a different role while playing franchise cricket. it's different while playing at international level. It was a team effort by us and it worked for us in the end.

Shakib: I thought we were brilliant in the first 10 overs. They scored more than 100 runs in the last 10 overs, that cost us the game. We didn't play well with the bat to chase those runs. I think that no ball cost us big time, that over went for 17 runs and that changed the momentum, credit goes to them. We wanted to be positive, we wanted to get a good start today. Unfortunately that didn't happen and we struggled big time. We gave them a lot of extras, we need to overcome these small hurdles.

22:09 Local Time, 16:09 GMT, 21:39 IST: This Afghanistan team know how to defend a target. They were in a spot of bother while batting but after that formidable knock of Nabi, they never gave the opportunity to Bangladesh to come back in the match. The senior batsmen at the top of the order for Bangladesh didn't take the responsibility and they found themselves in a miserable position at 32/4. They wanted their own Nabi to give Afghanistan a fight, Mahmudullah looked like replicating his effort for a wee bit but he vanished against a slower delivery from Naib. And after that, the task was too much for the inexperienced lower order. They threw their bat around, collected some maximums in the process but Afghanistan were always ahead and they completed the victory without much fuss in the end. Presentations to follow.

Fareed Malik to Mustafizur, out Caught by (sub)Shafiqullah!! That's it, Afghanistan complete a rather easy win in the end. They win by 25 runs. Mustafizur backed away on this very full delivery and struck this one decently too but it didn't prove to be good enough as it failed to clear the ropes and Shafiqullah grabs it at deep extra cover. Mustafizur c (sub)Shafiqullah b Fareed Malik 15(7) [4s-2 6s-1]

Fareed Malik to Mustafizur, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Fareed Malik to Mustafizur, FOUR, another four for Mustafizur. He is giving something to cheer for the crowd. Again, stays in the crease and hacks it over cover for a boundary

Fareed Malik to Mustafizur, FOUR, Mustafizur is htting it cleanly here. It was a length delivery and Mustafizur slams it wide of fine leg for a boundary

Fareed Malik to Mustafizur, no run, now, a slower delivery. Mustafizur swings early and ends up making no contact

Fareed Malik to Mustafizur, SIX, Mustafizur gets into the act. It was a length delivery, Mustafizur stays put and whacks it over long-on for a maximum

Fareed Malik [2.0-0-19-1] is back into the attack

Rashid Khan to Taijul Islam, no run, it was spinning away from Taijul Islam and it beats the outside edge of Taijul Islam who plays inside the line of it

Rashid Khan to Mustafizur, 1 run, tucks it to deep square leg

Rashid Khan to Mustafizur, no run, misses the hoick and was struck on the pads, Rashid Khan appeals but the umpire was unmoved

Mustafizur Rahman, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Rashid Khan to Mosaddek Hossain, out Bowled!! Pin drop silence in the ground as Bangladesh's last hope departs. It was a wrong 'un and Mosaddek Hossain had no option besides swinging at it, misses it completely and it breaches his defence and smashes the stumps. Afghanistan are one wicket away from sealing this match. Mosaddek Hossain b Rashid Khan 12(10) [4s-1]

Rashid Khan to Mosaddek Hossain, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Rashid Khan to Mosaddek Hossain, FOUR, nails this reverse sweep, gets it over short third man and it runs away to the fence

Taijul Islam, left handed bat, comes to the crease