Bangladesh wins over Afghanistan by 7 wickets to Afghanistan won the series by 2-1.
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The 3rd and last ODI Match of the Afghanistan tour of Bangladesh, 2023 was played today at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram. In which Bangladesh wins over Afghanistan by 7 wickets.
Afghanistan batted first after winning the toss, and started the inning very poorly, the entire team was dismissed just for 126 runs in the second ball of the 46th over. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed just for 3 runs in first ball of the 3rd over, Ibrahim Zadran dismissed just for 1 run in 6 balls, next batsman Rahmat Shah came to bat and he also dismissed very quickly without scoring in just 4 balls as second wicket in 2.5 over, the team score was 3 runs, next batsman Hashmatullah Shahidi came to bat, after a few moments the third wicket also dismissed 14 runs in 5.5 over, Rahmanullah Gurbaz dismissed just for 6 runs in 22 balls, next batsman Mohammad Nabi came to bat and he dismissed just for 1 run in 9 balls as fourth wicket in 8.2 over, the team score was 15 runs, followed by Najibullah Zadran came to bat and he good strike rotate for a while with Hashmatullah Shahidi, the fifth wicket has dismissed for 32 runs in 15.5 over, Najibullah Zadran dismissed for 10 runs in 22 balls, next batsman next batsman Azmatullah Omarzai came to bat and played well with Hashmatullah Shahidi, the sixth wicket dismissed for 53 runs in 21.3 over, Hashmatullah Shahidi dismissed after scoring 22 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in 54 balls, next batsman Abdul Rahman came to bat and he was dismissed just for 4 runs in 20 balls as seventh wicket in 26.3 over, the team score was 68 runs, followed by Zia-ur-Rehman came to bat and he good strike rotate for a while with Azmatullah Omarzai, the 8th wicket has dismissed for 89 runs in 35.2 over, Zia-ur-Rehman dismissed for 5 runs in 30 balls, followed by Mujeeb Ur Rahman came to bat and he good strike rotate with Azmatullah Omarzai, the 9th wicket has dismissed for 125 runs in last ball of the 45th over, Mujeeb Ur Rahman dismissed for 11 runs in 34 balls, next batsman Fazalhaq Farooqi came to bat, meanwhile the 10th and final wicket also dismissed for 126 runs in 45.2 over, Azmatullah Omarzai dismissed after playing a very briliant half-century inning of 56 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 1 boundary in 71 balls, and Azmatullah Omarzai was remains unbeaten without playing any ball. In this way, continuously wicket failed one after another, and end of the result the entire team was all-out just for 126 runs in 45.2 overs and set a small target of 127 runs in front of Bangladesh.
Bangladeshi bowlers Shoriful Islam took 4 wickets just for 21 runs in 9 overs, Taijul Islam 2 wickets just for 33 runs in 9 overs, Taskin Ahmed 2 wickets just for 23 runs in 8.2 overs, Shakib Al Hasan 1 wicket just for 13 runs in his spell, and Mehidy Hasan Miraz 1 wicket for 35 runs in 9 overs.
Bangladesh chasing 115 runs in the second inning, achieved the target very easily and quickly for the loss of just 3 wickets in the third ball of the 24th over and won the match by 7 wickets. Bangladesh also started the inning not very well, but the target was very small, so they very easily chased the target. Mohammad Naim and Litton Das came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed very quickly just for 2 runs in 2.2 over, Mohammad Naim dismissed without scoring in 8 balls, next batsman Najmul Hossain Shanto came to bat and he good strike rotate with Litton Das, the second wicket has dismissed for 28 runs in last ball of the 7th over, Najmul Hossain Shanto dismissed for 11 runs with the help of 2 boundaries in 15 balls, followed by Shakib Al Hasan came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 61 runs with Litton Das, the third wicket has dismissed for 89 runs in first ball of the 18th over, Shakib Al Hasan dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 39 runs with the help of 5 boundaries in 39 balls, next batsman Towhid Hridoy came to bat handled the inning and took the match to the victory with Litton Das, Litton Das played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century and victory inning of 53 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 3 boundaries in 60 balls, and Towhid Hridoy also played an unbeaten inning of 22 runs with the help of 1 boundary in 19 balls. In this way, Bangladesh chased the target very easily losing just 3 wickets in just 23.3 overs, and won the match by 7 wickets, and Afghanistan won this ODI series by 2-1.
Afghanistani bowlers Fazalhaq Farooqi took 2 wickets for 26 runs in 5 overs, Mohammad Nabi 1 wicket for 7 runs in 2 overs, after from this all bowlers was wicketless, Mujeeb Ur Rahman wicketless for 34 runs in 7 overs, Abdul Rahman wicketless for 27 runs in 4 overs, Zia-ur-Rehman wicketless for 22 runs in 3.3 overs, and Azmatullah Omarzai also wicketless for 11 runs in 2 overs.
Bangladeshi bowler Shoriful Islam was selected as the best player of the match, he performed very brilliant bowling and took 4 wickets just for 21 runs in 9 overs.
Afghanistani player Fazalhaq Farooqi was selected as the Player of the Series.