Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh by eight wickets in the second Twenty20 International, to finish the two-match series 1-1 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday.
Hazratullah Zazai scored an unbeaten 59 off 45 balls to guide Afghanistan to 121-2 in 17.4 overs after Fazalhaq Farooqi and Azmatullah Omarzai picked up three wickets to restrict Bangladesh to 115-9.
Bangladesh won Thursday’s opening match of the series by 61 runs.
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan second T20I scoreboard
Bangladesh innings
Munim Shahriar c Sharafuddin b Nabi 4
Mohammad Naim run out 13
Liton Das c Sharafuddin Ashraf b Azmatullah 13
Shakib Al Hasan c Gurbaz b Azmatullah 9
Mushfiqur Rahim c Nabi b Farooqi 30
Mahmudullah lbw b Rashid Khan 21
Afif Hossain c Zazai b Azmatullah 7
Mahedi Hasan b Farooqi 0
Nasum Ahmed not out 5
Shoriful Islam b Farooqi 0
Mustafizur Rahman not out 6
Extras (b1, lb 3, w3) 7
Total (nine wickets; 20 overs) 115
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Munim), 2-22 (Liton), 3-38 (Naim), 4-45 (Shakib), 5-88 (Mahmudullah), 6-99 (Mushfiqur), 7-100 (Mahedi), 8-104 (Afif), 9-105 (Shoriful)
Bowling: Farooqi 4-0-18-3 (w2), Nabi 4-0-14-1, Azmatullah 4-0-22-3, Rashid 4-0-30-1, Sharafuddin 2-0-10-0 (w1), Karim 2-0-17-0
Afghanistan innings
Hazratullah Zazai not out 59
Rahmanullah Gurbaz c Mahmudullah b Mahedi 3
Usman Ghani c Liton b Mahmudullah 47
Darwish Rasooli not out 9
Extras (lb 1, w2) 3
Total (two wickets; 17.4 overs) 121
Did not bat: Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Karim Janat , Fazalhaq Farooqi , Sharafuddin Ashraf
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Gurbaz), 2-103 (Ghani)
Bowling: Nasum 3.4-0-29-0, Mahedi 4-0-19-1, Shoriful 3-0-25-0 (w1), Shakib 3-0-32-0, Mustafizur 3-0-13-0 (w1), Mahmudullah 1-0-2-1