Bangladesh beats Afghanistan by 6 wickets (DLS Method) and also clean-sweep the series by 2-0

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The 2nd and final T20I Match of the Afghanistan tour of Bangladesh, 2023 was played today at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet. In which Bangladesh beats Afghanistan by 6 wickets (DLS Method) and with this victory also clean-sweep the series by 2-0.

Due to the rain match was reduced to 17 overs per side instead of 20 overs. Bangladesh won the toss and invited Afghanistan to bat first, Afghanistan batted first has a slow and poor start, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Hazratullah Zazai came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed very quickly just for 9 runs in fifth ball of the inning, Rahmanullah Gurbaz dismissed just for 8 runs in 5 balls, next batsman Ibrahim Zadran came to bat, after a few moments the second wicket also dismissed for 16 runs in 2.4 over, Hazratullah Zazai dismissed just for 4 runs in 5 balls, next batsman Mohammad Nabi came to bat and played well with Ibrahim Zadran, the third wicket has dismissed for 48 runs in first ball of the 10th over, Mohammad Nabi dismissed for 16 runs in 22 balls, next batsman Najibullah Zadran came to bat, after a few moments the third wicket also dismissed for 62 runs in first ball of the 11th over, Ibrahim Zadran dismissed after scoring 22 runs with the help of 1 six and 1 boundary in 27 balls, followed by Azmatullah Omarzai came to bat, meanwhile the fifth wicket also dismissed for 67 runs in last ball of the 11th over, Najibullah Zadran dismissed just for 5 runs in 3 balls, next batsman Karim Janat came to bat and handled the inning with Azmatullah Omarzai, the sixth wicket has dismissed for 109 runs in 15.5 over, Azmatullah Omarzai dismissed after scoring 25 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaires in 21 balls, next batsman Rashid Khan came to bat, meanwhile the seventh wicket also dismissed for 109 runs in third ball of the final over, Karim Janat dismissed for 20 runs with the help of 1 six and 1 boundary in just 15 balls, followed by Mujeeb Ur Rahman came to bat and he was remains unbeaten for 1 run in 1 ball with Rashid Khan, and Rashid Khan also remains unbeaten for 6 runs in 3 balls. In this way, Afghanistan scored just 116 runs after losing 7 wickets in the stipulated 17 overs and set a target of 117 runs in front of Bangladesh.

Bangladeshi bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Taskin Ahmed took 3 wickets for 33 runs in his spell, Shakib Al Hasan took 2 wickets just for 15 runs in 3 overs, Mustafizur Rahman 2 wickets for 30 runs in 3 overs, Nasum Ahmed was wicketless just for 15 runs in his spell, and Hasan Mahmud was also wicketless for 20 runs in 3 overs.

Bangladesh chasing 117 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily losing just 4 wickets in first ball of the final over. Bangladesh started the inning very strongly, Litton Das and Afif Hossain came to start the inning and gave a very strong start with a half-century partnership of 67 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has dismissed for 67 runs in first ball of the 10th over, Litton Das dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 35 runs with the help of 6 boundaries in 36 balls, next batsman Najmul Hossain Shanto came to bat, in meanwhile the second wicket also dismissed for 68 runs in 9.3 over, Afif Hossain dismissed after scoring 24 runs with the help of 2 sixes in 20 balls, followed by Towhid Hridoy came to bat, after a few moments the third wicket also dismissed for 76 runs in last ball of the 11th over, Najmul Hossain Shanto dismissed just for 4 runs in 6 bals, next batsman Shakib Al Hasan came to bat and handled the inning with Towhid Hridoy, the fourth wicket also dismissed for 107 runs in 14.3 over, Towhid Hridoy dismissed after scoring 19 runs with the help of 1 six and 1 boundary in just 17 balls, followed by Shamim Hossain came to bat and took the match to the victory with Shakib Al Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan played an unbeaten inning of 18 runs with the help of 1 six and 1 boundary in just 11 balls, and Shamim Hossain also played an unbeaten inning of 7 runs in 7 balls. In this way, Bangladesh chased the target very easily for the loss of just 4 wickets in 16.1 overs and won the match by 6 wickets (DLS Method), with this victory Bangladesh also won the series by 2-0.

Afghani bowlers Mujeeb Ur Rahman took 2 wickets for 28 runs in his spell, Azmatullah Omarzai 2 wickets for 17 runs in 3 overs, Rashid Khan was wicketless just for 19 runs in his spell, Fazalhaq Farooqi wicketless for 19 runs in 3 overs, and Wafadar Momand also wicketless for 30 runs in 2.1 overs.

Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was selected as the best player of the match and series, he performed very brilliant bowling as well as also in batting, took 2 wickets just for 15 runs in 3 overs, and also played an unbeaten inning of 18 runs with the help of 1 six and 1 boundary in just 11 balls.

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