Having gained the toss and elected to subject, Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan put his facet within the driving seat by claiming three key wickets, whereas Mehidy (3-25) mopped up the tail. Rahmanullah Gurbaz top-scored for Afghanistan with 47.
Mehidy then performed a major half in Bangladesh’s reply with 57 off 73 balls because the 2015 quarter-finalists chased down their goal of 157 in 34.four overs.
Afghanistan, comparatively well-placed at 47-1 and 112-2 misplaced their final eight wickets for 44 runs.
Shakib, who within the corresponding World Cup fixture 4 years in the past took 5-29 in Bangladesh’s 62-run win, made the preliminary breakthrough Saturday when he had Ibrahim Zadran caught on the sweep.
A number of Afghanistan batsmen gave their wickets away, with solely opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz (47) providing a lot resistance.
As It Occurred
However Gurbaz, who made 145 in a one-day worldwide towards Bangladesh in July, fell when, seemingly annoyed on the lack of help from the opposite finish, he holed out off paceman Mustafizur Rahman to Tanzid Hasan within the covers.
Afghanistan’s plight was summed up when tailender Mujeeb Ur Rahman walked out to bat with out carrying a field or athletic protector.
Bangladesh stumbled early on of their chase.
Tanzid Hasan was run out by Najibullah Zadran and the Tigers had been 27-2 when Liton Das performed on to paceman Fazalhaq Farooqi.
However Afghanistan, who wanted to take each likelihood when defending such a low whole, then noticed Najibullah drop Mehidy on 12, when he floored a regulation catch at backward level.
Mehidy was missed once more on 23 when he uppercut Naveen-ul-Haq just for Mujeeb to drop a one-handed catch at deep third man when he may have may have gone for the ball with each arms.
Mehidy punished these lapses with a 58-ball fifty together with 4 fours.
He then survived an in depth lbw attraction from Mujeeb following a chronic assessment earlier than he was brilliantly caught one-handed by a leaping Rahmat Shah at mid-off to finish a third-wicket partnership of 97.
However by then Bangladesh had been in sight of victory.
Najmul, having already hit Mujeeb for six, went on to an 80-ball fifty.
He completed the match with successive fours, the second coming from a fumble at mid-off, as he continued a powerful 2023 the place he’s averaging almost 55 in ODI cricket.
(With inputs from AFP)
