| 1.2 : 1.2: Abu Hider to Ihsanullah, FOUR! Cracker! That's the first boundary there for Afghanistan and a good one at that too. Hider keeps it a bit short and wide of off. Ihsanullah goes back and across and cuts this fiercely through the gap through covers for a smashing boundary and a cracking start for the opener. |
| 1.3 : 1.3: Abu Hider to Ihsanullah, FOUR! One bring two, boundaries this time. Hider overcompensates and strays this length ball on his legs, Ihsanullah flicks this uppishly through the mid-wicket region and the timing takes the ball racing through to the boundary. |
| 1.4 : 1.4: Abu Hider to Ihsanullah, OUT! Smashed but a sharp catch at cover-point. Hider gets lucky this time as he dishes out a short of a length delivery outside off. It was here to be cut and Ihsanullah does exactly that. Connects well too but the placement is poor as the ball flies at waist height to point where Mohammad Mithun takes a good catch. The ball was not too far away from him but boy was it traveling! Bangladesh strike early. Can they makes further inroads? |
| 3.1 : 3.1: Abu Hider to M Shahzad, Streaky! But Shehzad will take it with both hands. is a bit short of good length outside off. Shehzad, seeing the width on it, flashes hard but gets a thick outside edge through the vacant second slip cordon for the ball to race through fine of the fielder at third man for a boundary. |
| 4.3 : 4.3: R Hossain to R Shah, FOUR! Smashed! Nice start for Rahmat as he rocks back and across to this short delivery on off, pulls it handsomely through mid-wicket to get his first boundary. Up and running is Shah. Looks like he has started from where he left off the other day. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: Abu Hider to R Shah, OUT! Bowled'em! What a peach from the debutant. He must have dreamt about this many times and his hard hard is paying off now. Dished it on a length outside off, it is angling in to Shah as he comes forward tentatively looking to drive at the ball. The ball comes in on landing and goes through the gap between the bat and pad and the timber behind is disturbed. Hider is over the moon as he gets his second. fantastic start for the Tigers. |
| 14.1 : 14.1: M Hasan to H Shahidi, FOUR! Four of the first ball of the over. A boundary after nine overs, an indication of how disciplined have the Tigers been. He bowls this a bit short and Shahidi seeing the rare bad ball, rocks back and pulls it handsomely over the mid-wicket region for a confidence boosting boundary. |
| 15.4 : 15.4: M Mortaza to M Shahzad, FOUR! So runs have no started to come here for Afghanistan! This is a solid punch by Shahzad. It is shorter on middle, MS, off the back foot, punches it past the bowler and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 17.6 : 17.6: M Mortaza to M Shahzad, FOUR! Take that! That is right off the middle. This is on a length around middle, Shahzad goes back and pulls it over the mid-wicket fence for a boundary. The opener now seems to have decided to stop on the gas. Intent could be seen on the last two balls faced by him. |
| 19.2 : 19.2: Al Hasan to M Shahzad, FOUR! Hammered! Poor ball and Shahzad pounces on it! This was a half-tracker, a nothing delivery by Shakib. Shahzad had all the time in the world to rock back and pull it through mid-wicket for a boundary. Fifty run stand between the two comes up, a much-needed one but the two need to continue. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: Al Hasan to M Shahzad, OUT! Just as I write they need to continue, Shahzad has thrown it away. One shot too many by the opener. He was going hard but having got a boundary on the last ball, this was not needed. Trying to be greedy. But credit to the fielder for taking an excellent catch. Any guesses who it is? Abu Hider, impressed with the ball earlier and now making no mistakes in the field. He can't do anything wrong until now. MS uses his feet and tries to clear the long on fence. He do |
| 25.1 : 25.1: Al Hasan to A Afghan, OUT! TIMBER! That has gone just through him! Shakib gets his second and once again in this tournament, the Afghan skipper goes for a low score. He uses his feet like he has been doing till now but is not quite to the pitch of the ball. It is the straighter delivery by the bowler, it also drifts into the batter. Afghan tries to force it through the off side, leaving a big gap between bat and pad. The ball sneaks through and hits the off pole. A calm celebration by Shak |
| 26.1: M Hossain to H Shahidi, FOUR! Swept and swept fine! Not seen this shot played a lot today but this has been done really well. Shahidi sits down on one knee and swipes it through square leg. No fielder in the deep and a boundary results. |
| 29.5 : 29.5: Al Hasan to S Shenwari, FOUR! Again the sweep shot has been played really well! Shakib bowls it on the pads, Shenwari goes down on one knee quickly and sweeps it through backward square leg and the ball races away. |
| 30.6 : 30.6: M Haque to H Shahidi, FOUR! Swept for four. Shahidi looks set for a big one now. He goes down on one knee, looking to sweep the tossed up ball. Connects excellently to find the gap through square leg for a cracking boundary. That is the 3rd fifty for the southpaw. Needs to continue and get a big one for his team. |
| 33.2 : 33.2: Al Hasan to S Shenwari, OUT! Timber disturbed! Goes across the line and pays the price. The pressure was building as the soundalikes have dried up and this may be led to a wild slog by Shenwari. He seems the flight on that on and goes across to slog it towards the mid-wicket region looking for a maximum. He was completely done in the flight by Shakib as the ball lands and skids straight through, under the batsman's bat to hit the wooden sticks behind. Shenwari goes back early. |
| 37.1 : 37.1: R Hossain to H Shahidi, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! The set batsman, Shahidi is walking back. Big blow to Afghanistan. Rubel Hossain strikes. He bowls this on a length and makes good use of the angle as he slants it away from the batsman. Shahidi tries to guide it but the ball skids through, takes the bottom edge and Liton Das takes a good low catch. The players appeal and the umpire obliges. Shahidi walks back in disgust and Bangladesh will now look keep Afghanistan under 200. |
| 39.1: Abu Hider to G Naib, FOUR! A boundary to welcome the youngster. Putting pressure staight waway to start the over in a ideal manner. Hider fires this full on off. Naib, in attacking mode now, is waiting for it and launches into it as he sees it dishes fuller in length, drives it straight down the ground with a lot of power for the ball to beat the mid off inside the circle and the ball races across the straight boundary for a very timely boundary for Afghanistan. |
| 40.5 : 40.5: Al Hasan to M Nabi, OUT! Pretty much plumb in front. Nabi had decided to go for the sweep before the ball was bowled. He goes down to sweep and may be seeing this the wily left-arm spinner keeps it a bit fuller attacking the stumps. Nabi swipes his bat in full force but misses the ball to get rapped in front. The Tigers go up in unison and the umpire raises his finger to signal the route towards the dressing room to Nabi. |
| 41.5: Abu Hider to G Naib, FOUR. |
| 41.6 : 41.6: Abu Hider to G Naib, FOUR. |
| 42.4 : 42.4: Al Hasan to R Khan, FOUR! Well, Rashid maybe has different ideas. He goes down on one knee and connects the sweep. The ball races through the backward square leg region for a boundary. |
| 44.1 : 44.1: R Hossain to G Naib, FOUR! Welcome back into the attack. A boundary of the very first ball which means pressure on the bowler. The slower ball on middle, Naib picks it, waits for it and hits it through mid-wicket. No fielder in the deep and it races away. |
| 44.3 : 44.3: R Hossain to R Khan, FOUR! Second in the over! Not convincing but Rashid won't mind at all! A bumper on middle, Rashid goes for the hook without watching the ball, he gets a top edge and the ball races to the fine leg fence. 9 runs already from the over, they can now make this a big one. |
| 44.4 : 44.4: R Hossain to R Khan, SIX! He has picked the bones out of that one! Uff! What a shot! 15 from it and 2 balls are yet remaining. Another bouncer, Rashid maybe expecting it this time as he pulls it right off the middle and over the square leg fence. |
| 46.6 : 46.6: Abu Hider to G Naib, FOUR! But can't. The last ball spoils the over! Top shot by Naib. He walks right across and Hider bowls a yorker. Naib, at the very last moment, gets his bat down and flicks it through square leg for a boundary. The 50-run stand is up and it has come up in quick time, in 37 balls. The momentum changing partnership you can say. |
| 47.5 : 47.5: M Mortaza to R Khan, FOUR! And to add to that Mortaza has overstepped. What a shot! Picked his spot to perfection there did Rashid Khan! He comes down the track and takes it on the full. Lofts it over mid off and bags a boundary. Free Hit coming up. |
| 47.6 : 47.6: M Mortaza to R Khan, FOUR! Yes, they have. 17 from the over and this boundary is the best of boundaries Rashid has scored today. The slower ball on middle, Khan makes room and slaps it over the cover fielder and the ball races away. RK moves onto 36 in no time. |
| 49.2 : 49.2: M Mortaza to R Khan, FOUR! Rashid Khan, the Afghanistan star, doing exactly what his team requires off him. Mortaza dishes in a off cutter a bit short in length and angling into the batsman. Rashid hammers the pull over square leg to bisect the fielders. Rubel rushes across to his left from fine leg, puts in a dive but it falls in front before going past the boundary line. |
| 49.3 : 49.3: M Mortaza to R Khan, FOUR! Two in two for the birthday boy. He looks in smashing form today. Will surely take this confidence into his bowling as well. He gives the charge and skips down the ground, seeing this the Bangladesh skipper bangs it in and slower in pace. Rashid does well to wait for the ball to arrive, swivels and pulls it behind square for a boundary. It is looking good now for the Afghans as they race ahead. The flamboyant Rashid Khan at it again, with the bat this time. |
| 49.5 : 49.5: M Mortaza to R Khan, FOUR! Mortaza, seeing the batsman is targeting the leg side, fires this one a bit shorter of good length and wide of off. Rashid Khan is seeing the ball like a football and slashes hard at it. The hard cut flies over the point region and the ball crosses the deep point fence in a jiffy. Third ODI fifty for the swashbuckling all-rounder comes up. What an end to the innings, this! |
| 49.6 : 49.6: M Mortaza to R Khan, FOUR! Rashid Khan, you beauty! Afghanistan could not have asked for a better finish than this. Rashid, in full attacking mode, charges down the track. Mortaza keeps it on a length and it is an off cutter again. Rashid flat-bats it over the extra cover region and finds the gap to get another boundary in this final over. 19 to finish their innings and Afghanistan set a TARGET OF 256 for Bangladesh. |
| 3.4 : 3.4: Ur Rahman to N Hossain, OUT! Another googly has outfoxed the batsman. Mujeeb drops it on a fuller length around middle and off, Nazmul runs down the track and tries to heave it over the leg side. But the ball turns away to gather the top edge. It balloons in the air and Aftab Alam makes no mistake at backward point. Mujeeb draws first blood as he normally does. Great bowling by him. 241 needed off 278 balls. |
| 4.5 : 4.5: A Alam to L Das, OUT! Told you, that's plumb in front. This is extraordinary bowling by Aftab Alam. He kept on bowling those inswingers to trouble Liton and eventually gets him out. He dishes out a length ball around off and it jags back in sharply to beat Das' attempted flick shot (his bat-face was closed and he was falling across). He is rapped on the pads, they go up in a huge appeal and the umpire wastes no time in lifting his finger. Liton walks up to Shakib and has a long chat (under |
| 12.2 : 12.2: G Naib to M Haque, OUT! Fantastic use of technology from Afghanistan. They have taken the review perfectly as replay show that there is a faint nick when the ball is passing Haque's bat. Coming back to ball, Naib fires this a bit short of a length angling in from around the wicket. Haque tries to pull it but the angle takes the ball down the leg side and takes a faint edge of the bat and it's pouched safely by Shahzad behind. The Afghans were pretty convinced that there was a nick there bu |
| 14.1 : 14.1: G Naib to M Mithun, OUT! Dragged and sound of timber! Big wicket this as Mithun is a very solid batsman and Bangladesh needed him to be out there to chase this target down but the right hander fails this time and has to depart. Naib keeps this on a good length just around off and shaping nicely into the batsman. The line and the length is not there to be cut but that's exactly the mistake that Mithun committed. He tries to cut it, gets cramped as the ball lands and cuts in a bit. The ball |
| 14.2 : 14.2: G Naib to Mahmudullah, FOUR! Edges win matches! As they say - In cricket, it's not how but how much that matters. Naib keeps it full and around off. Mahmudullah comes forward to have a feel of the ball and tries to push at it. The ball takes the outer edge and runs down fine of third man to go across the ropes. |
| 20.1 : 20.1: S Shenwari to Mahmudullah, FOUR! Long hop gets the treatment it deserved. Good batsmen like Mahmudullah will not let these go by. Shenwari lands this very short in line with the stumps. Mahmudullah is quick to rock back and pull it over the mid-wicket region for a cracking boundary. They need some more of them. |
| 23.3 : 23.3: R Khan to Al Hasan, OUT! Gott'em! Rashid Khan again. you just can't keep champions out of the game for long. Rashid has got his first birthday wicket and that too the big one of the Bangladesh all-rounder, Shakib Al Hasan. Khan lands this on the leg stump line, Shakib looks to turn it into the leg side is beaten as the ball crashes into his front pad. The Afghans go up in a loud appeal and the umpire obliges soon. No reviews left and Shakib has to go back into the hut. Replays show that it |
| 29.4 : 29.4: R Khan to Mahmudullah, OUT! It was just a matter of time. Rashid Khan has done what Rashid Khan does best, take wickets. This one is kept on a fuller length just around off. Mahmudullah comes forward to block it out but plays the wrong line, he actually plays it inside the line of the ball as the ball beats the outside edge and crashes into the off pole. Mahmudullah cannot believe it as he looks behind to confirm but he has to as the Afghans are seen celebrating and Mr. Khan does the dab c |
| 31.3 : 31.3: R Khan to M Hossain, FOUR! Rashid gives this some extra flight and bowls it too full outside off. Mosaddek makes room and drills his drive through covers for a cracking boundary. |
| 33.1 : 33.1: R Shah to M Hasan, OUT! Starts off with a bit shorter and wide of off delivery. Hasan goes for the extravagant cut. He has to reach for it a bit and cannot control his shot. He ends up slicing the ball straight to the man at point to give Rahmat a wicket on his very first ball of the match. |
| 35.2 : 35.2: R Shah to M Hossain, FOUR! A bit loose this from Rashid, a rare, rare bad ball from the champion leg spinner. He fires it a bit short outside off. Mosaddek cuts it hard through point and finds the gap for the ball to race across the deep point boundary. |
| 36.1 : 36.1: M Nabi to M Mortaza, OUT! |
| 40.3 : 40.3: M Nabi to M Hossain, FOUR! Mosaddek has looked the most comfortable in the middle. A full toss this time by Nabi, Hossain picks it up and powers it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 41.5 : 41.5: R Khan to M Hossain, OUT! Run out! Rashid can do nothing wrong on his birthday. Got runs, wickets and now a direct hit run out. Champion stuff! Flighted and full outside off, Mosaddek attempts for an inside out drive probably but fails to middle his shot probably. He ends up mistiming it towards mid off as Rashid gets across to stop the ball. The leggie initially fails to do so and seeing that the non-striker sets off for a run. He is sent back but before he can reach, Rashid has sprinted |
| 42.1 : 42.1: Ur Rahman to R Hossain, OUT! Mujeeb wraps it up. He comes back and takes one ball to finish this off. It is just too good for the No.11 batsman as he is totally bamboozled by this googly. Mujeeb lands this on a length just outside off. Rubel comes forward to block this out but the ball pitches and turns in to beat his bat. He is thudded on the pads, they appeal and the umpire agrees. Afghanistan have dominated this game as they have demolished the Tigers by 136 runs! |
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