BAN vs AFG: Bangladesh's account opened in Asia Cup, winning big, defeating Afghanistan by 89 runs

The third match of Asia Cup 2023 was played between Bangladesh and Afghanistan. In this match played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan, Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan by a huge margin of 89 runs, first with the bat and then with the ball. This is Bangladesh's first win in this tournament. Earlier they had to face defeat against Sri Lanka.

With this win, she has got 2 points and has come second in the points table of Group B. Afghanistan, on the other hand, has lost their first match in the tournament. The team has zero points in one match. Both matches of Bangladesh have been played in the group round. At the same time, Afghanistan has to play a match against Sri Lanka. This match will decide which teams go from Group B to Super-4. Sri Lanka have two points from one match.

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and decided to bat in the match. His team justified this decision and scored 334 runs for five wickets in 50 overs. For Bangladesh, Mehidy Hasan scored an unbeaten 112 off 119 balls with the help of three sixes and 7 fours, and Najmul Hasan Shanto scored 104 off 105 balls with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes. Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Gulbadin Naib took one wicket each for Afghanistan.

In reply, the Afghanistan team was reduced to 245 runs in 44.3 overs. For that, Ibrahim Zadran scored 75 runs and captain Hashmatullah Shahidi scored 51 runs. Apart from these two, no batsman showed the courage to stay for long. Rahmat Shah scored 33 but got out after a good start. Taskin Ahmed took four wickets and Shoriful Islam took three wickets for Bangladesh. Hasan Mahmood and Mehdi Hasan Miraj had one success each.