Spots: Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh by 92 runs in the first ODI. In this match, young bowler Alaa Ghazanfar bowled brilliantly for Afghanistan and it was because of him that the Afghan team was able to win. Afghanistan, the first placed team, scored 235 runs. After this, Bangladesh scored 120 runs despite losing two wickets. In such a situation, everyone expected that Bangladesh team would win this match easily, but it did not happen and the team lost the next 8 wickets for just 23 runs. Allah Ghazanfar stood between Bangladesh and victory.
Bangladesh team had a very bad start. When Tanjeed Hasan returned to the pavilion after scoring just 3 runs. After this, Soumya Sarkar (33 runs) and Nazm Hasan Shantu (47 runs) played excellent innings. But as soon as these two players were out, Bangladesh's batting order disintegrated. After this, Alaa Ghazanfar showed his magic with the ball and took 6 wickets for just 26 runs in 6.3 overs. Apart from him, Rashid Khan took two wickets. Mohammad Nabi and Azmatullah Umarzai got one wicket each. Because of these players, the entire Bangladesh team was out for just 143 runs and could not even complete the full 50 overs. Ghazanfar became the third young player to take six wickets in ODI cricket. His current age is 18 years and 231 days. So far he has taken 10 wickets in 6 ODI matches for Afghanistan.
Hashmatullah Shahidi (52 runs) and Mohammad Nabi (84 runs) scored brilliant half-centuries for Afghanistan. It is because of these players that the Afghan team was able to achieve such good results. Apart from them, Gulbadin Naib scored 22 points and Siddiqullah Atel scored 21 points. Thanks to the short innings of these players, the Afghan team scored 235 points. Mustafir Rahman and Tasgin Ahmed took four wickets each. However, both players were very expensive. Mustafir Rahman gave 58 runs while Tasgin gave 53 runs.
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