BAN vs AFG T20: The first T20 match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan took place at Sylhet International Stadium. It turned out to be a thrilling encounter in which Bangladesh emerged victorious in the last over despite Afghanistan’s Karim Janat taking a hat-trick in the 20th over. Afghanistan batted first and posted a total of 154/7, which Bangladesh successfully achieved on the 5th ball of the final over.
BAN vs AFG T20 Afghanistan lost despite taking a hat-trick in the last over
BAN vs AFG T20: Bangladesh captain Shakib-al-Hasan won the toss and chose bowling, and the Afghanistan team batted first. and Ibrahim Zadran was dismissed for 8–8, while Rahmanullah Gurbaz could manage only 16 runs. And Afghanistan team’s experienced batsman Mohammad Nabi played a key role in handling the innings and scored 54 runs and remained unbeaten till the last and helped the Afghanistan team to achieve the challenging target.
And in the end, Najibullah and Azmatullah played valuable innings of 23 and 33 runs, due to which the team reached an even score. Afghanistan team put 155 targets in front of the Bangladesh team and if we talk about the Bangladesh team on the other side, Shakib Al Hasan took maximum of two wickets in this team and stopped the Afghanistan team on a small score.
Chasing the target of 155 runs, the North Bangladesh team and team did not start well and opener batsman Liton Das lost his wicket after scoring 18 runs and got out Ronnie Tulkadar playing on the other side contributed only 4 runs and then They also dismissed after Shanto and Shakib added 14 and 19 runs respectively, but it was Tauheed Haridoy who played a brilliant innings of 47 runs. And the team was taken towards victory, he got the support of Shamim Hussain, who scored 33 runs.
The match became very exciting and the match reached the last over when Bangladesh needed 6 runs in the last over to win. Then after hitting a four off the very first ball, Bangladesh lost three consecutive wickets thanks to Karim Janat’s hat trick, which created a lot of excitement in the match. And then the last batsman Shoriful Islam gave the team victory by hitting a four and got a great win.
