Shakib Al Hasan put in a captain’s efficiency to assist Bangladesh sweep the two-match Twenty20 sequence in opposition to Afghanistan with a six-wicket win below the DLS technique on Sunday.
Shakib returned figures of two for 15 in three overs earlier than scoring an unbeaten 18 as Bangladesh efficiently chased its goal of 119 in 17 overs within the rain-hit second T20 International. The host completed on 119 for 4 with 5 balls to spare.
Shamim Hossain (7 not out) pulled debutant Wafadar Momand for a boundary to verify Bangladesh’s first T20 sequence win in opposition to Afghanistan.
The match was diminished to 17 overs after rain halted the sport for greater than an hour and Afghanistan put up 116 for seven.
Shakib gained the toss and selected to area.
Bangladesh led the sequence following its two-wicket win within the first match, overcoming a dramatic last-over hat-trick by Karim Janat.
Bangladesh had made two adjustments from that recreation with batter Afif Hossain and tempo bowler Hasan Mahmud changing Rony Talukdar and Shoriful Islam.
Afghanistan made one change, bringing in pacer Momand rather than Farid Ahmad.
Afghanistan misplaced a one-off Test between the edges by a file 546-run margin, earlier than successful the three-match ODI sequence 2-1.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com