BAN vs AFG, 3rd Match · Scorecard

Final overs

- So that's 6 wins on the trot for Rahmat Shah as captain to begin his career in this format. Afghanistan are doing really well and it would take something special from Zimbabwe if they are to beat them in the final on the 23rd of this month. We will be there nice and early for that one. Long day and night for us with Afghanistan taking their own sweet time to get to the target. On that note, we are escaping. Take care and sleep tight. See you soon.
- Rahmat Shah | Afghanistan captain (translated from Pashto): [On maintaining consistency after six consecutive victories, his first hundred in five innings on the tour, and another match-winning half-century] We look at the target and the wickets in hand and we take our time. When we have time, we try to score as many runs as possible, hit boundaries when the opportunity comes and rotate the strike. That is what we try to do. [On rebuilding the innings after losing two early wickets and managing Bangladesh's attacking approach] Yes, inside the powerplay, we wanted to build a steady partnership. We wanted to keep scoring runs and rotate the strike. If the opposition attacked, we wanted to handle that attack, stay at the crease and keep the runs coming. That was the plan. [On enjoying his batting, rotating the strike, and putting pressure on the opposition] Whenever I am batting, I enjoy my batting. I try to rotate the strike and when loose balls come, I try to hit more boundaries. I also rotate the strike and that puts pressure on the opposition.
- Towhid Hridoy | Bangladesh captain: [On another difficult outing and where things went wrong] Actually, to be very honest, we are doing the same mistake day by day. As a batting unit, we did mistake again. At the beginning we lost a couple of wickets. I think that was the main reason. [On whether the batting order could have been different, including Mehidy batting higher up] Yeah, we can discuss later on, but at the beginning, as I mentioned earlier, from the top we have to score, otherwise you cannot stay. So we will work on it. [On the learnings from the tri-nation series ahead of the 2027 ODI World Cup] So we can learn from a lot of things, to be very honest. As a batting unit, even in terms of fielding we need to develop some areas. We have time. Hopefully we will work on from here and we have Asia Cup in our home, so we will bounce back. [On whether Bangladesh missed out on 40–50 runs] No, to be very honest, we missed 100 runs. That wicket was very good wicket.
- Rashid Khan | Player of the match (2/2): [On Afghanistan's preparation and chances heading into the final] Well, preparation has been great so far. We had a couple of good games and even a good series before that as well against Ireland and overall, the preparation for the upcoming big events is amazing. We need to keep the thing as natural as possible. Just make sure we go there, express ourselves. Don't need to do something different. Keep playing your positive cricket, and as long as possible. Big game, final, yes, but we just need to make sure that we know our strength and play according to our strength. What hard work you put in the nets, and trying to be consistent in the nets as well. That's what I take it from the game as well. So always, practice with purpose.
- Rashid Khan | Player of the match (1/2): [On being the leading wicket-taker in ODIs against Bangladesh, with 39 wickets in 28 innings] It has been great so far, how things are going for me, especially in ODIs and great preparation for me over the last five, six games I played and I really enjoyed my consistency with the line and length, something which I have been looking up to it. It's a huge pleasure, to be playing for the national team and then performing for the team as well. So for me, the more important thing is just to be consistent with my performance, against the opposition, and making sure it gains for the team. [On how he consistently hits good lengths and troubles batters with his googlies] Well, it's just about, practice makes men perfect. I feel like, it's all about the practice and try my best to improve myself as much as possible and to work on different skills and when it's in the game, I have to be accurate and I have to be consistent as much as possible. [On his four-wicket spell and which wicket was the most satisfying] Well, I think, at that time Emon was playing so well and I felt that wicket where I got him, like before, was very important for us to get his wicket and ODI is always about your time. You have to wait for your time. If you don't get a wicket first spell, you will get in the second one or the third one. So I think it was all about making sure you keep yourself calm and other than that, I think the catch Nabi took was something very special.
- 22:07 Local Time, 18:07 GMT, 23:37 IST: A smiling chat between Mehidy and Hashmatullah Shahidi as they walk off. Played in good spirits this game. 5th consecutive ODI win for Afghanistan against Bangladesh. This chase took me back to the ODIs played in the late 80s and early 90s when the chasing side took their time to amble their way to a win. Afghanistan had they wanted could've ended this much earlier but decided to play old-fashioned ODI cricket to get there. Gurbaz and Sediqullah fell early but once Rahmat Shah and Ibrahim got together and neutralised the early threat, then it was always going to go one way. Bangladesh just didn't have enough on the board to pose serious pressure to their opponents. A disappointing tournament this for Bangladesh who are knocked out. Stay tuned for the post-match stuff....
Over 36 · 3 runs (0 1 2)
- 35.32Aliss Al Islam to Hashmatullah Shahidi, 2 runs, that's the game for Afghanistan. Hashmatullah Shahidi ends it. On a good length outside off, Hashmatullah Shahidi goes on the back foot and cuts between backward point and short third man. Taskin jogs after it, assuming the ball will run to the fence. Instead it plugs well inside the fence
- 35.21Aliss Al Islam to Rahmat Shah, 1 run, full just outside off, Rahmat Shah gets forward to drive to long-on
- 35.1•Aliss Al Islam to Rahmat Shah, no run, tossed up full on leg-stump, Rahmat Shah gets forward to flick, the thick inside-edge hits the leg and rolls to mid-wicket
End of over 35 · 2 runs (0 0 1 0 1 0)AFG 158/3Hashmatullah Shahidi 34(53) · Rahmat Shah 66(88) · Mehidy Hasan Miraz 8-0-25-0
- 34.6•Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Hashmatullah Shahidi, no run, flat good length on middle, Hashmatullah Shahidi goes on the back foot and punches it to cover
- 34.51Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Rahmat Shah, 1 run, tossed up full and just outside the leg-stump, Rahmat Shah comes down the track to drive to long-on
- 34.4•Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Rahmat Shah, no run, sliding down leg. On a good length and going down as Rahmat Shah sinks low to pull, misses. Mehidy Hasan Miraz gestures to Allahudien Paleker that it was going down which draws a wry grin from the South African ump
- 34.31Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Hashmatullah Shahidi, 1 run, flat good length on off, Hashmatullah Shahidi goes on the back foot and punches it wide of backward point
- 34.2•Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Hashmatullah Shahidi, no run, quicker on middle as Hashmatullah Shahidi wants to come down the track, bunts it from the crease to point
- 34.1•Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Hashmatullah Shahidi, no run, flat good length outside off, Hashmatullah Shahidi goes on the back foot and punches to the right of extra-cover

AFGAfghanistan

161/3 (35.3 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	SR
Rahmanullah Gurbazb Taskin Ahmed	6	8	1	75.0
Ibrahim Zadranc Najmul Hossain Shanto b Mustafizur Rahman	34	48	2	70.8
Sediqullah Atalb Taskin Ahmed	4	13	1	30.8
Rahmat Shah*not out	67	90	5	74.4
Hashmatullah Shahidi*not out	36	54	4	66.7

Extras0 (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0)

Total161/3 (35.3 ov, RR 4.54)

Did not bat: Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, AM Ghazanfar, Bilal Sami, Yamin Ahmadzai

FALL OF WICKETS

26-1 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 2.5 ov)
39-2 (Sediqullah Atal, 7.0 ov)
95-3 (Ibrahim Zadran, 20.0 ov)

Bowler · BAN	O	M	R	W	WD	ECO
Taskin Ahmed	8	2	36	2	10	4.50
Shoriful Islam	5	1	18	0	1	3.60
Aliss Al Islam	8.3	0	47	0	0	5.53
Mustafizur Rahman	6	1	32	1	0	5.33
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	8	0	25	0	0	3.13

- So that's 6 wins on the trot for Rahmat Shah as captain to begin his career in this format. Afghanistan are doing really well and it would take something special from Zimbabwe if they are to beat them in the final on the 23rd of this month. We will be there nice and early for that one. Long day and night for us with Afghanistan taking their own sweet time to get to the target. On that note, we are escaping. Take care and sleep tight. See you soon.
- Rahmat Shah | Afghanistan captain (translated from Pashto): [On maintaining consistency after six consecutive victories, his first hundred in five innings on the tour, and another match-winning half-century] We look at the target and the wickets in hand and we take our time. When we have time, we try to score as many runs as possible, hit boundaries when the opportunity comes and rotate the strike. That is what we try to do. [On rebuilding the innings after losing two early wickets and managing Bangladesh's attacking approach] Yes, inside the powerplay, we wanted to build a steady partnership. We wanted to keep scoring runs and rotate the strike. If the opposition attacked, we wanted to handle that attack, stay at the crease and keep the runs coming. That was the plan. [On enjoying his batting, rotating the strike, and putting pressure on the opposition] Whenever I am batting, I enjoy my batting. I try to rotate the strike and when loose balls come, I try to hit more boundaries. I also rotate the strike and that puts pressure on the opposition.
- Towhid Hridoy | Bangladesh captain: [On another difficult outing and where things went wrong] Actually, to be very honest, we are doing the same mistake day by day. As a batting unit, we did mistake again. At the beginning we lost a couple of wickets. I think that was the main reason. [On whether the batting order could have been different, including Mehidy batting higher up] Yeah, we can discuss later on, but at the beginning, as I mentioned earlier, from the top we have to score, otherwise you cannot stay. So we will work on it. [On the learnings from the tri-nation series ahead of the 2027 ODI World Cup] So we can learn from a lot of things, to be very honest. As a batting unit, even in terms of fielding we need to develop some areas. We have time. Hopefully we will work on from here and we have Asia Cup in our home, so we will bounce back. [On whether Bangladesh missed out on 40–50 runs] No, to be very honest, we missed 100 runs. That wicket was very good wicket.
- Rashid Khan | Player of the match (2/2): [On Afghanistan's preparation and chances heading into the final] Well, preparation has been great so far. We had a couple of good games and even a good series before that as well against Ireland and overall, the preparation for the upcoming big events is amazing. We need to keep the thing as natural as possible. Just make sure we go there, express ourselves. Don't need to do something different. Keep playing your positive cricket, and as long as possible. Big game, final, yes, but we just need to make sure that we know our strength and play according to our strength. What hard work you put in the nets, and trying to be consistent in the nets as well. That's what I take it from the game as well. So always, practice with purpose.
- Rashid Khan | Player of the match (1/2): [On being the leading wicket-taker in ODIs against Bangladesh, with 39 wickets in 28 innings] It has been great so far, how things are going for me, especially in ODIs and great preparation for me over the last five, six games I played and I really enjoyed my consistency with the line and length, something which I have been looking up to it. It's a huge pleasure, to be playing for the national team and then performing for the team as well. So for me, the more important thing is just to be consistent with my performance, against the opposition, and making sure it gains for the team. [On how he consistently hits good lengths and troubles batters with his googlies] Well, it's just about, practice makes men perfect. I feel like, it's all about the practice and try my best to improve myself as much as possible and to work on different skills and when it's in the game, I have to be accurate and I have to be consistent as much as possible. [On his four-wicket spell and which wicket was the most satisfying] Well, I think, at that time Emon was playing so well and I felt that wicket where I got him, like before, was very important for us to get his wicket and ODI is always about your time. You have to wait for your time. If you don't get a wicket first spell, you will get in the second one or the third one. So I think it was all about making sure you keep yourself calm and other than that, I think the catch Nabi took was something very special.
- 22:07 Local Time, 18:07 GMT, 23:37 IST: A smiling chat between Mehidy and Hashmatullah Shahidi as they walk off. Played in good spirits this game. 5th consecutive ODI win for Afghanistan against Bangladesh. This chase took me back to the ODIs played in the late 80s and early 90s when the chasing side took their time to amble their way to a win. Afghanistan had they wanted could've ended this much earlier but decided to play old-fashioned ODI cricket to get there. Gurbaz and Sediqullah fell early but once Rahmat Shah and Ibrahim got together and neutralised the early threat, then it was always going to go one way. Bangladesh just didn't have enough on the board to pose serious pressure to their opponents. A disappointing tournament this for Bangladesh who are knocked out. Stay tuned for the post-match stuff....
Over 36 · 3 runs (0 1 2)
- 35.32Aliss Al Islam to Hashmatullah Shahidi, 2 runs, that's the game for Afghanistan. Hashmatullah Shahidi ends it. On a good length outside off, Hashmatullah Shahidi goes on the back foot and cuts between backward point and short third man. Taskin jogs after it, assuming the ball will run to the fence. Instead it plugs well inside the fence
- 35.21Aliss Al Islam to Rahmat Shah, 1 run, full just outside off, Rahmat Shah gets forward to drive to long-on
- 35.1•Aliss Al Islam to Rahmat Shah, no run, tossed up full on leg-stump, Rahmat Shah gets forward to flick, the thick inside-edge hits the leg and rolls to mid-wicket
End of over 35 · 2 runs (0 0 1 0 1 0)AFG 158/3Hashmatullah Shahidi 34(53) · Rahmat Shah 66(88) · Mehidy Hasan Miraz 8-0-25-0
- 34.6•Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Hashmatullah Shahidi, no run, flat good length on middle, Hashmatullah Shahidi goes on the back foot and punches it to cover
- 34.51Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Rahmat Shah, 1 run, tossed up full and just outside the leg-stump, Rahmat Shah comes down the track to drive to long-on
- 34.4•Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Rahmat Shah, no run, sliding down leg. On a good length and going down as Rahmat Shah sinks low to pull, misses. Mehidy Hasan Miraz gestures to Allahudien Paleker that it was going down which draws a wry grin from the South African ump
- 34.31Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Hashmatullah Shahidi, 1 run, flat good length on off, Hashmatullah Shahidi goes on the back foot and punches it wide of backward point
- 34.2•Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Hashmatullah Shahidi, no run, quicker on middle as Hashmatullah Shahidi wants to come down the track, bunts it from the crease to point
- 34.1•Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Hashmatullah Shahidi, no run, flat good length outside off, Hashmatullah Shahidi goes on the back foot and punches to the right of extra-cover
End of over 34 · 3 runs (0 0 0 1 2 0)AFG 156/3Rahmat Shah 65(86) · Hashmatullah Shahidi 33(49) · Aliss Al Islam 8-0-44-0
- 33.6•Aliss Al Islam to Rahmat Shah, no run, on a good length outside off, Rahmat Shah goes on the back foot and punches, but doesn't time it as he finds cover
- 33.52Aliss Al Islam to Rahmat Shah, 2 runs, good length and flat on middle and leg, Rahmat Shah goes on the back foot and whips it wide of deep square-leg for an easy two
- 33.41Aliss Al Islam to Hashmatullah Shahidi, 1 run, tossed up full outside off, Hashmatullah Shahidi comes down the track to crash the drive to mid-off. Shanto fumbles and gives away a run. He attacked the ball and let it go through his hands
- 33.3•Aliss Al Islam to Hashmatullah Shahidi, no run, on a good length outside off, Hashmatullah Shahidi goes on the back foot and guides it down to short third man. A diving stop made. Three dots in a row
- 33.2•Aliss Al Islam to Hashmatullah Shahidi, no run, on a good length and on off, Hashmatullah Shahidi goes on the back foot and taps it to backward point. Wants a run, is sent back
- 33.1•Aliss Al Islam to Hashmatullah Shahidi, no run, tossed up full outside off, turns back in, Hashmatullah Shahidi lets it go
- Again the ball is being passed through the rings. Again no luck as Ahmed Shah Durrani has a look. It goes through one hoop and doesn't on the other. Which is how it should be. A break in play. The fourth ump out now with a replacement box. They are changing it.
End of over 33 · 5 runs (1 0 2 0 1 1)AFG 153/3Hashmatullah Shahidi 32(45) · Rahmat Shah 63(84) · Mehidy Hasan Miraz 7-0-23-0
- 32.61Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Hashmatullah Shahidi, 1 run, slower and good length outside off, Hashmatullah Shahidi goes on the back foot and punches it to sweeper cover
- 32.51Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Rahmat Shah, 1 run, flat good length outside off, Rahmat Shah goes on the back foot and punches it to sweeper cover
- 32.4•Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Rahmat Shah, no run, tossed up and Rahmat Shah comes down the track to drive it back to Mehidy Hasan Miraz
- 32.32Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Rahmat Shah, 2 runs, flat good length on middle, Rahmat Shah sinks low and pulls wide of deep mid-wicket. Easy two
- 32.2•Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Rahmat Shah, no run, Rahmat Shah comes down the track and is not to the pitch of the ball, so pushes the length delivery to the mid-wicket area
- Again broadcast issues. Bear with us please.
- 32.11Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Hashmatullah Shahidi, 1 run
End of over 32 · 7 runs (0 1 1 4 1 0)AFG 148/3Rahmat Shah 60(80) · Hashmatullah Shahidi 30(43) · Aliss Al Islam 7-0-41-0
- 31.6•Aliss Al Islam to Rahmat Shah, no run, tossed up full on middle, Rahmat Shah gets forward to drive it back
- 31.51Aliss Al Islam to Hashmatullah Shahidi, 1 run, flat good length on leg-stump, Hashmatullah Shahidi goes on the back foot and tucks it to deep square-leg
- 31.44Aliss Al Islam to Hashmatullah Shahidi, FOUR, dragged down short outside off, Hashmatullah Shahidi goes on the back foot and nearly gets six. It's one bounce over the ropes at the vacant deep mid-wicket fence
- 31.31Aliss Al Islam to Rahmat Shah, 1 run, flat good length outside off, Rahmat Shah goes on the back foot and punches it square of the wicket on the off-side
- 31.21Aliss Al Islam to Hashmatullah Shahidi, 1 run, full outside off, Hashmatullah Shahidi gets forward to drive to sweeper cover
- 31.1•Aliss Al Islam to Hashmatullah Shahidi, no run, tossed up full on off, Hashmatullah Shahidi gets forward and opens the face of the bat to guide it to short third man
End of over 31 · 4 runs (0 1 0 1 1 1)AFG 141/3Hashmatullah Shahidi 24(39) · Rahmat Shah 59(78) · Mehidy Hasan Miraz 6-0-18-0
- 30.61Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Hashmatullah Shahidi, 1 run, the ball is passed through the hoops as Mehidy Hasan Miraz is not happy with it. No luck as the ball is returned to him. Flat on a good length on leg-stump, Hashmatullah Shahidi goes on the back foot and whips it wide of backward square-leg
- 30.51Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Rahmat Shah, 1 run, tossed up full on middle, Rahmat Shah comes down the track to drive to mid-off and they take a quick single even as the throw misses at the bowler's end. Rahmat in even if there was a direct-hit
- 30.41Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Hashmatullah Shahidi, 1 run, full just outside off, Hashmatullah Shahidi gets forward to drive wide of cover
- 30.3•Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Hashmatullah Shahidi, no run, flat good length on off, Hashmatullah Shahidi goes on the back foot and punches to backward point
- 30.21Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Rahmat Shah, 1 run, full on middle, Rahmat Shah steps out to drive past the outstretched right boot of Mehidy Hasan Miraz
- 30.1•Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Rahmat Shah, no run, tossed up full on middle, Rahmat Shah comes down the track to drive hard and straight to mid-off
End of over 30 · 10 runs (0 4 0 4 1 1)AFG 137/3Rahmat Shah 57(75) · Hashmatullah Shahidi 22(36) · Aliss Al Islam 6-0-34-0
- 29.61Aliss Al Islam to Rahmat Shah, 1 run, on a length on middle, Rahmat Shah gets forward to punch it down to long-on
- We are back!
- 29.51Aliss Al Islam to Hashmatullah Shahidi, 1 run, tossed up full on middle, Hashmatullah Shahidi gets forward to drive to long-on
- 29.44Aliss Al Islam to Hashmatullah Shahidi, FOUR
- 29.3•Aliss Al Islam to Hashmatullah Shahidi, no run
- 29.24Aliss Al Islam to Hashmatullah Shahidi, FOUR
- 29.1•Aliss Al Islam to Hashmatullah Shahidi, no run
- Aliss Al Islam [5.0-0-24-0] is back into the attack
- Some technical issues with the broadcast. Apologies for the lack of comms.
- Time for a drink. Rishad Hossain brings out a plate of fruits. Just the final rites left here.
End of over 29 · 4 runs (0 2 1 0 0 1)AFG 127/3Hashmatullah Shahidi 13(31) · Rahmat Shah 56(74) · Mehidy Hasan Miraz 5-0-14-0
- 28.61Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Hashmatullah Shahidi, 1 run, fired full on middle, Hashmatullah Shahidi comes down the track to heave, a thick inside-edge runs away to deep mid-wicket
- 28.5•Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Hashmatullah Shahidi, no run, quicker and flat good length on leg-stump, Hashmatullah Shahidi goes on the back foot and punches it back
- 28.4•Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Hashmatullah Shahidi, no run, slower and tossed up full on middle, Hashmatullah Shahidi steps out and defends it back
- 28.31Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Rahmat Shah, 1 run, full on off, Rahmat Shah gets forward to drive to long-on
- 28.22Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Rahmat Shah, 2 runs, tossed up and full outside off, Rahmat Shah comes down the track to loft wide of sweeper cover for two
- 28.1•Mehidy Hasan Miraz to Rahmat Shah, no run, flat good length on middle, Rahmat Shah goes on the back foot and punches it back

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