Afghanistan could not get off to a good start in the third and final ODI of the three-match series. In the beginning, Tiger pacer Shariful Islam sent back two Afghan batters. This time Rahmanullah Gurbaz was sent to Sajghar by Taskin Ahmed. This time Shariful made his third victim. As of writing this report, Afghanistan’s collection is 16 runs for 3 wickets.
Now Hasmatullah Shahidi on zero runs and Najibullah Zadran on 1 run are unbeaten.
Afghan team leader Hasmatullah Shahidi won the toss and decided to bat at the beginning of the match at Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. However, Afghanistan did not start well after losing the toss and batting. The visitors lost the first four batters in the first ten overs on the bowling of Shariful-Taskin.
Ibrahim Zadran 1, Rahmat Shah 0, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 6 and Mohammad Nabi 1 run out.
(11 July/MM)