BAN vs AFG 3rd ODI: The third ODI match between Afghanistan vs Bangladesh was played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. In this match, the explosive batting of Afghanistan’s experienced all-rounder Mohammad Nabi stunned the Bangladesh bowlers. Nabi scored 43 runs in the last 10 balls, helping Afghanistan convert an average score into a match-winning total.

Scored 43 runs in 10 balls

Till the 48th over, Afghanistan’s score was 9 wickets for 249 runs. It seemed that the team would reach only 260-265, but Nabi’s attitude was different. Only 1 run was scored at the beginning of the 49th over, after which due to the injury of Nahid Rana, the bowling had to be changed and the ball was handed over to Mehndi Hasan Miraj. Miraj started becoming a victim of Nabi’s storm as soon as it arrived. Nabi hit three consecutive sixes in his over, some wide balls were also hit in between, and by the end of the over, 25 runs were scored.

After this Hasan Mahmood bowled the last over, but Nabi did not stop there either. He scored 19 runs in this over by hitting fours and sixes. In this way, a total of 44 runs were scored in the last 10 balls, out of which 38 runs were scored by Nabi alone.

62 runs in 37 balls, Nabi’s stormy style

Nabi played an unbeaten inning of 62 runs in just 37 balls. During this, he hit 5 sixes and 4 fours. His innings proved to be a trouble-shooter for Afghanistan. The team was in trouble at one time, but Nabi handled the innings and took the score to 293 runs.

Earlier, the foundation of Afghanistan’s innings was laid by Ibrahim Zadran (95 runs) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (42 runs). Both gave a strong start to the team, but the run rate slowed down due to the fall of wickets in the middle overs. In such a situation, the prophet changed the game as soon as he arrived.

Bangladesh’s shameful defeat

After Nabi’s storm, Bangladesh’s entire bowling got disorganized. Bangladesh team, which came to chase the target, appeared under pressure even while batting. Their entire team could score only 93 runs and was all out in the 28th over. Afghanistan won this match by a huge margin of 200 runs.

BAN vs AFG: Afghanistan made a great start to the three-match series by defeating Bangladesh by 5 wickets in the first ODI played in Abu Dhabi. The hero of this victory was all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai, who performed brilliantly with both bat and ball. At the same time, star spinner Rashid Khan achieved another historic milestone by completing 200 wickets in One Day International cricket.

Rashid Khan touched the figure of 200

27 year old Rashid Khan achieved this feat in the 107th innings of his career. He reached this milestone by dismissing Bangladesh batsman Mehdi Hasan Miraj LBW. In this way, Rashid has become the first bowler from Afghanistan to complete a double century of wickets in ODI cricket.

In this match, Rashid took 3 wickets for just 38 runs in his 10 overs. He put pressure on Bangladesh’s batsmen from the very first over. Before Rashid, only three bowlers, Mohammed Shami, Saqlain Mushtaq and Mitchell Starc, were able to reach 200 wickets in less innings. This shows how stable and strong Rashid’s performance has been.

Umarzai’s all-round performance became a match turner

Azmatullah Omarzai made an important contribution to Afghanistan’s victory. Bowling first, he limited Bangladesh’s innings by taking 3 wickets. After this, while chasing the target, he played a quick inning of 40 runs and took the team to the threshold of victory. He was chosen Player of the Match for his excellent performance.

Afghanistan’s powerful chase

Batting first, Bangladesh scored 221 runs. In reply, Afghanistan won the match by scoring 226 runs for 5 wickets in 47.1 overs.
Team’s openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Rahmat Shah played brilliant innings of 50-50 runs, while captain Hashmatullah Shahidi added 33 runs.

Hasan Mahmood’s hard work in vain for Bangladesh

From Bangladesh, fast bowler Hasan Mahmood tried his best to trouble the Afghan batsmen by taking 4 wickets, but during this time he did not get support from the other bowlers.

Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan took 2 wickets against Bangladesh on Tuesday. He also scored 20 runs while batting well, although his struggle could not win the team. But Rashid Khan created history in this loser. He has come at number-1 in the list of bowlers who took the most wickets in the Asia Cup T20, beating the Indian bowler.

Bangladesh had scored 154 runs while batting first, although the team had crossed the 100 mark in the 13th over and then it was felt that the team would reach 170-180. The opening pair of Saif Hasan and Tanjid Hasan shared 63 runs in 40 balls for the first wicket. Rashid Khan took the first wicket of the innings.

Rashid Khan took 2 wickets for 26 runs in his 4 overs spell. Noor Ahmed also took 2 wickets, Azmatullah Omarzai took 1 wicket. Rashid made a big record in this spell.

Rashid Khan broke Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s record

Earlier, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the highest wicket -taking bowler in the Asia Cup T20, who has now come second. Rashid Khan, who reached the first number, has played 10 matches in the Asia Cup T20 format, in which he has a total of 14 wickets. Bhuvneshwar has taken 13 wickets.

Top-5 bowlers who took the most wickets in Asia Cup T20

• Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)- 14
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India)- 13
• Vanindu Hasranga (Sri Lanka)- 12
• Amjad javed (UAE)- 12
• Hardik Pandya (India)- 12

It is difficult for Afghanistan

The Afghanistan cricket team team has won 1 out of 2 matches and 1 has lost, the team has 2 points but the good thing is that their net run rate (+2.150) is better than Sri Lanka (+1.546) and Bangladesh (-0.270). Rashid Khan & Team has to defeat Sri Lanka to reach Super-4, if it loses, the team will be out of the tournament.

Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan by 8 runs in a thrilling match. With this, Bangladesh has kept the hopes of going to Super-4 alive. In this match, Bangladesh had scored 154 runs while playing first, in response to which the Afghan team was able to score only 146 runs. The Super-4 race in Group B has become even more exciting. As soon as Ajmatullah Umarzai was out on a score of 30, Bangladesh returned in the match.

Half of Afghanistan’s team had returned to the pavilion by a score of 77. From here, Ajmatullah Umarzai became a ray of hope for the Afghan team. He increased the hopes of Afghanistan’s victory in 16 balls playing a 30 -run innings, but in the 16th over, he was dismissed by Taskin Ahmed. Just from here, the attitude of the match was changed.

Afghanistan prevented from going to Super-4

Afghanistan could go to Super-4 by achieving the target of only 155 runs, but she was 8 runs behind the target. Afghanistan needed 45 runs to win in the last 4 overs. Captain Rashid Khan was still at the crease and he scored 14 runs in the 17th over.

Alam was that the Afghan team needed 27 runs to win in the last 2 overs. On the very first ball of the 19th over, Rashid Khan hit a four, which still expected Afghanistan to win, but Mustafizur Rahman dismissed him on the next ball. Mustafizur also dismissed Gajanfar on the next ball, but could not complete his hat -trick.

In the last over, Noor Ahmed definitely hit 2 sixes, but all this proved to be insufficient for Afghanistan’s victory. Let us know that no team has qualified for Super-4 yet from Group B.

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Bangladesh has scored 154 runs while playing first. This is a do or die match in the Asia Cup for Bangladesh. Bangladesh dominated the first 10 overs of this innings, but after the drinks break, the bowlers of the Afghanistan team completely dominated. Bangladesh team managed to score just 67 runs in the last 10 overs. Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmed took two wickets each for the Afghan team.

After the beginning

In this match, Bangladesh had decided to bat first. Opener Saif Hasan scored 30 runs, but his slow strike rate was overshadowed by the team. Tanjid Hasan was the top scorer of the team, who scored 52 runs in 31 balls. By the time Tanjid Hasan continued to play, the batting run-rate was around 9.

Bangladesh had scored 87 runs in the first 10 overs at the loss of one wicket. Captain Litton Das scored just 9 runs, while Tanjid Hasan was dismissed for 52 runs. After this, Bangladesh had a break at the run rate. In the last 10, only one over came in which 10 or more runs have come.

Seeing one wicket for 87 runs, the Bangladesh team scored 139 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. In the final 2 overs, Zakir Ali scored 12 runs and Nurul Hasan from the other end scored 12 runs in 6 balls to bring Bangladesh score to 150.

Especially Noor Ahmed, Captain Rashid Khan and Ajmatullah Umarjai worked to curb Bangladesh’s run rate. Noor Ahmed’s economy rate was less than 6 and he also took 2 valuable wickets. At the same time, Umarzai gave runs at 6.30 and Rashid Khan at an economy rate of only 6.50.

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Bangladesh has made 4 major changes in its playing XI in a do or die match against Afghanistan. In this Asia Cup match, Bangladesh has decided to bat first after winning the toss. Captain Litton Das confirmed that Taskin Ahmed has returned for this match. Afghanistan has not made any changes in its playing eleven.

Bangladesh has made Parvez Hussain Imon, Mehdi Hasan, Tanjim Hasan Saqib and Shoriful Islam out of the match against Afghanistan. They have been entered in the team of Taskeen Ahmed, Saif Hasan, Nasum Ahmed and Nurul Hasan.

Bangladesh has returned Taskin Ahmed, who has taken 96 wickets in T20 International. Ahmed’s T20 figures against Afghanistan have been good. He has taken 5 wickets in 4 T20 matches against the Afghan team so far and the economy rate has been just 6.40.

Battle of do or die

This match of Group A is like a do or die for Bangladesh. If he has to remain in the race for Super-4, then in any case, one will have to win on Afghanistan with a huge margin. Let us tell you that this is the last group match of Bangladesh, while Afghanistan has another match remaining after this.

Bangladesh’s playing XI: Tanjid Hasan Tamim, Saif Hasan, Litton Das (Captain), Tauheed Hriday, Nasum Ahmed, Nurul Hasan, Jekar Ali, Shamim Hussain, Rishad Hussain, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed

Afghanistan’s playing XI: Sedikullah Atal, Rehmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Jadaran, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Ajmatullah Umarjai, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan (Captain), Noor Ahmed, AM Ghaznafar, Fazalhak Farooqui

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Asia cup 2025 points table: The Asia Cup 2025 has reached a very exciting turn. The points of the Asia Cup are being seen in the table. India has qualified in Super-4, while the second team’s name for Super-4 can also be finalized from the match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan today. While Team India is at the top in Group A, Sri Lankan team is number one in B and after winning today’s match, Afghanistan’s team can come on top.

Battle in Asia Cup for Super-4

The match will be played between Bangladesh and Afghanistan on Tuesday, September 16 in the Asia Cup. Afghanistan has played only one match so far and that match has won this team. On the other hand, if the team of Afghanistan wins the match from Bangladesh today, then this team will qualify in Super-4.

This is the last match of Bangladesh’s league stage, if Bangladesh has to go to Super -4, then Afghanistan will have to be defeated by a big margin, because the Bangladeshi team has a net run rate (NRR) -0.650. At the same time, Afghanistan’s NRR is +4.700.

Afghanistan will become table topper?

Sri Lanka’s team is on top in Group B points table. Sri Lanka has played two matches so far and has won 4 points by winning both matches. But Sri Lanka’s team’s net run rate is +1.546, which is less than Afghanistan. If Afghanistan wins today, then the table topper in Group B will be made, but will also become the second team qualifying for Super-4.

Only the Indian team has qualified from Group A to Super-4. India has played 2 out of 3 matches in the league stage so far, out of which Team India has won both matches. India’s NRR is +4.793. Now India’s next match is to be with Oman.

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