The only test played between Afghanistan and Bangladesh in Abu Dhabi ended in a draw. The match, which started on October 9, ended in a draw on Tuesday (October 13). The special thing was that at one time in this match it seemed that Bangladesh team would win easily, but Afghanistan’s tail batsmen Qais Ahmed (49 runs not out, 80 balls) and Yamin Ahamzai (19 runs, 85 balls) played an important role in getting the match drawn.
In fact, at one time Bangladeshi team had fallen 7 wickets for 321 runs of Afghanistan. But the same score was played by Qais Ahmed and Yameen Ahmazai. Although Yamin was out in the last moments of the game, Zia ur Raman, who came after him, played an important role by playing 12 balls.
In this match, Bangladesh had scored 346 runs in the first innings, in reply Afghanistan team’s first innings was limited to 240 runs. After this Bangladesh declared after scoring 372 runs for 7 wickets. After which the Afghan team was given a huge target of 479 runs. But Afghanistan team played 142 overs in the second innings and made the match a draw by scoring 346/8.
Afghanistan’s playing XI: Abdul Malik, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah (c), Hashmatullah Shahidi, Ikram Alikhil (w), Zia-ur-Rehman Akbar, Shahidullah Kamal, Yamin Ahmedzai, Qais Ahmed, Mohammad Saleem Safi, Ismat Alam
Bangladesh’s playing XI: Shadman IslamTanzeed Hasan Tamim, Mominul Haq, Nazmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das (w), Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Nayeem Hasan, Hasan Mahmood, Taijul Islam, Ibadat Hossain