143/10 (34.3)
CR : 4.14
235/10 (49.4)
CR : 4.73
Afghanistan won by 92 runs 🏆
Player of the Match
A Ghazanfar
6/260(1)
Time for the post match presentation ceremony..
Most Sixes of the Match: Mohammad Nabi
Stylish Player of the Match: Hashmatullah Shahidi
Game Changer of the Match: Mohammad Nabi
Player of the Match: Mohammad Allah Ghazanfar
Allah Ghazanfar (Player of the Match): He spoke in Pashto and described how happy he was to perform this well and how lucky he is to play with players like Rashid Khan and how much he gets to learn from him. He hopes to continue to perform this way in the upcoming games.
Najmul Hossain Shanto(Bangladesh Captain): "I think we started very well in the first 15-20 overs but we didn't execute our plans. The game slipped there.
I don't think we didn't need to attack more as there was low bounce. But Hashmat(Shahidi) and Nabi were brilliant. I think my wicket was the factor. I, Soumya and Miraz got 30 odd runs and we needed to stay there.
Afghanistan have got a lot of mystery spinners and they bowled brilliantly. Our preparations were good but the executions are not."
Hashmatullah Shahidi (Afghanistan Captain): "Quite happy about the way the boys played and I am looking forward to the next two games. Honestly, I was believing, when our 5 wickets fell down and Nabi came and our discussion was that 220 would be a good score and we felt 236 was a good target and then the bowlers did their job, they were simply brilliant.
Ghazanfar is a special talent and a good feature for Afghanistan. I trust him, the first 3 overs he played really well and the 4th over he went for a few but in the second spell he learnt from his mistakes and won the game for us.
I am very happy we have a lot of youngsters, we have plenty of backups and options. It's unfortunate that Mujeeb and Ibrahim are not with us right now, and today Gurbaz also got injured and hopefully he recovers for the next game."
Youngest Bowlers to Pick Up a 6 or more Wickets in an ODI:
1) 18 Years and 164 days- Waqar Younis(Pakistan) vs Sri Lanka(Sharjah, 1990)
2) 18 Years and 178 days- Rashid Khan(Afghanistan) vs Ireland(Greater Noida, 2017)
3) 18 Years and 231 Days- Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar(Afghanistan) vs Bangladesh(Sharjah, Today)
4) 18 Years and 262 Days- Rashid Khan(Afghanistan) vs West Indies(Gros Islet, 2017)
5) 19 Years and 81 Days- Aaqib Javed(Pakistan) vs India(Sharjah, 1991)
Well that's it from this match folks! A brilliant come from behind victory for Afghanistan who take a 1-0 lead in the series! Join us back tomorrow as we bring you all the LIVE cricketing action from around the world!
Until then, this is Anirudh Modi, signing off along with my co-commentators Saptak Sanyal, Ajay Pal Singh, Arjun Bhalla and our scorer/analyst Manish Bishnoi! See you on the next one!