With a low total to defend, dropped catches didn't make things easier for Bangladesh today on the field

 Afghanistan 121 for 2 (Zazai 59*, Ghani 47, Mahmudullah 1-2) beat Bangladesh 115 for 9 (Mushfiqur 30, Farooqi 3-18, Omarzai 3-22) by eight wickets

Afghanistan thundered back with an eight-wicket win to leave Bangladesh with the T20I series evened out. After Fazalhaq Farooqi and Azmatullah Omarzai kept the home side down to 115, Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani assisted them with homing inside the eighteenth over of the pursuit.

Zazai struck his third T20I fifty and finished unbeaten on 59, yet the two players exploited Bangladesh's unfortunate getting. Nasum Ahmed, who took four wickets in the principal game, dropped Zazai's skier in the first over itself off his own bowling when the hitter hadn't opened his record. Afif Hossain and Mohammad Naim then, at that point, dropped Ghani two times at profound midwicket - on 39 and 41, individually - off Mahedi Hasan, before Ghani ultimately fell for 47.

Prior, Afghanistan didn't permit Bangladesh free with the ball. Farooqi and Omarzai, youthful quick bowlers who have dazzled on this Bangladesh visit, took three wickets each. Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan additionally took one each, as Afghanistan never let the home side to draw near to even the seven-run-an-over mark all through the innings.

Mushfiqur Rahim top-scored with 30 in his 100th T20I, as Bangladesh neglected to imitate how they had batted in the primary game.

Farooqi, Omarzai all over Bangladesh

Omarzai eliminated the in-structure Litton Das in the fifth over of the Bangladesh innings when the hitter chipped one to profound square leg, where Sharafuddin Ashraf took a very decent catch. Furthermore after Karim Janat's immediate hit got a clueless Mohammad Naim short in the 10th over, Omarzai likewise eliminated Shakib when he top-edged a draw.

Commander Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur added 43 for the fifth wicket, however they couldn't remove the hosts from inconvenience. Rashid sent in a straighter conveyance with the arm, catching Mahmudullah lbw for 21. In the mean time, Mushfiqur was Farooqi's first wicket, as his endeavored space over cover took the bat graft, bringing about Mohammad Nabi taking a simple catch.