Lahore, Sept 4: Fantastic bowling efforts from Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam helped Bangladesh overcome Afghanistan and secure an 89-run win in their Asia Cup match at Lahore on Sunday to keep their Super Four hopes alive. With this win, Bangladesh finished their group stage with a win and loss and a total of two points. The result of the match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan will determine if they will go into the Super Four stage or not. Chasing a total of 335 runs, Afghanistan was off to a bad start as they lost their star opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz in the first over for just one. Afghanistan was 1/1 in 1.4 overs. Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah carried on with the innings, helping the Afghans cruise through the remainder of the powerplay. At the end of the powerplay, Afghanistan was 37/1. Afghanistan reached the 50-run mark in 13 overs. The duo completed their 50-run partnership in 50 overs. Zadran brought up his half-century, his fourth in 52 balls, with eight boundaries. Taskin Ahmed ended the second-wicket partnership between Ibrahim and Rahmat at 78 runs, cleaning up Rahmat for 33 off 57 balls, with five boundaries. Afghanistan was at 79/2 in 17.5 overs. Another partnership between skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi and Zadran prospered.Thumping win for Bangladesh
Lahore, Sept 4: Fantastic bowling efforts from Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam helped Bangladesh overcome Afghanistan and secure an 89-run win in their Asia Cup match at Lahore on Sunday to keep their Super Four hopes alive. With this win, Bangladesh finished their group stage with a win and loss and a total of two points. The result of the match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan will determine if they will go into the Super Four stage or not. Chasing a total of 335 runs, Afghanistan was off to a bad start as they lost their star opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz in the first over for just one. Afghanistan was 1/1 in 1.4 overs. Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah carried on with the innings, helping the Afghans cruise through the remainder of the powerplay. At the end of the powerplay, Afghanistan was 37/1. Afghanistan reached the 50-run mark in 13 overs. The duo completed their 50-run partnership in 50 overs. Zadran brought up his half-century, his fourth in 52 balls, with eight boundaries. Taskin Ahmed ended the second-wicket partnership between Ibrahim and Rahmat at 78 runs, cleaning up Rahmat for 33 off 57 balls, with five boundaries. Afghanistan was at 79/2 in 17.5 overs. Another partnership between skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi and Zadran prospered.