Opener Liton Das top-scored with 35 as Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan by six wickets within the second Twenty20 worldwide to take the two-match collection 2-0 on Sunday. Liton laid the inspiration for the win with a 67-run opening stand with Afif Hossain (24) as Bangladesh raced to 119-4 in 16.1 overs after Taskin Ahmed‘s 3-33 helped the facet limit Afghanistan to 116-7 in a rain-reduced 17 overs. Bangladesh gained the opening match of the collection by two wickets on Friday, and Sunday’s follow-up — each of them within the northeastern metropolis of Sylhet — earned them their third consecutive T20 collection win, and their first towards Afghanistan in three makes an attempt.

They defeated world champions England 3-0 and Scotland 2-1 earlier this yr.

Off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman gave Afghanistan a lifeline to avoid wasting the collection by eradicating Liton and Afif within the area of three balls after their strong stand earlier than Azmatullah Omarzai bowled Najmul Hossain for 4.

But skipper Shakib Al Hasan and younger Towhid Hridoy solid a 31-run stand for the fourth wicket to stop additional collapse.

“We lost couple of wickets, but given the start we had, we were always ahead,” Shakib mentioned on the post-match presentation ceremony.

“Given the ground conditions, I knew their spinners would have it tough.”

Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan refused to make any excuses.

“Weather is not an excuse for a team. T20 should be decided on skills and we were not good enough there, especially in batting,” he mentioned.

Omarzai dismissed Towhid for 19 earlier than ending with 2-17 however Shakib, together with his unbeaten 18, took Bangladesh house.

Shakib additionally performed a hand with the ball to assert 2-15, and Mustafizur Rahman claimed 2-30 as Bangladesh, electing to bowl first, made Afghanistan wrestle.

Rain halted play for one-and-a-half hours after simply seven overs, prompting the match officers to scale back the competition to 17 overs per facet.

Afghanistan have been already struggling, dropping each openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz (eight) and Hazratullah Zazai (4) to Taskin with 16 runs on the board.

Mustafizur eliminated Mohammad Nabi for 16 after play resumed, and within the subsequent over Shakib dismissed each Ibrahim Zadran (22) and Najibullah Zadran, decreasing Afghanistan to 67-5.

But Omarzai and Karim Janat placed on 42 runs for the sixth wicket to revive the innings.

Mustafizur ended Omarzai’s 21-ball knock of 25 forcing him to provide Shamim Hossain a catch at deep third man.

Janat was out to Taskin within the closing over for 22.

Bangladesh gained the one-off Test match by a file 546 runs whereas Afghanistan gained the three-match one-day worldwide collection 2-1.

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