ICC T20 World Cup: Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 9 wickets in their first match

The Dhaka Times Desk After winning the toss and inviting Afghanistan to bat in their first match in the ICC World T20, the Afghans were bowled out before a hundred runs.

This Sunday at 3:30 pm in the first match of the T20 World Cup, the two Asian teams Bangladesh and Afghanistan met at the Sherbangla Stadium in Mirpur.

Meanwhile, three cricketers from Bangladesh Shakib, Tamim, Masrafid With all three returning to the team, Bangladesh will be much more confident in the World Cup than in the Asia Cup. The captain of Bangladesh Musfiqur Rahim আজকের ম্যাচ নিয়ে বলেন, “আমরা জানি আজকে আমাদের জয় ছাড়া বিকল্প নেই, জয় নিয়েই আমরা ভাবছি।’

Bangladesh has played in all the 4 World T20s held so far. However, Afghanistan participated in 3. And on the field of play, Bangladesh will certainly be far ahead of Afghanistan in terms of experience. However, today's match is very important for both Bangladesh and Afghanistan to go to the second phase of the World Cup, i.e. the main phase.

Update:

Afghanistan lost Sehejad's wicket in the first over and Mashrafe was bowling. In the first half, Afghanistan managed to score only 72 runs after losing all their wickets. Gulbadin Nabi scored maximum 21 runs off 25 balls for Afghanistan. For Bangladesh, Shakib Al Hasan got 3 wickets, Abdur Razzak 2 wickets and Mashrafe, Mahmudullah, Farhad Reza got 1 wicket each.

Meanwhile, it is a shame for Afghanistan to lose all their wickets for the lowest total in the World Cup. They were bowled out for just 72 runs. Earlier, Afghans also had the record of lowest score of 80 runs in the last two seasons.

When Bangladesh's batting innings started, Tamim Iqbal and Enamul Haque Bijay responded brilliantly. Shakib and Vijay finished the game when Tamim was dismissed. Finally, Bangladesh had to accept the miserable defeat of Afghanistan. Bangladesh won by 9 wickets.

Short score

Afghanistan 72/10
Over 9
Sadiq-10
Safiqullah-5

Bangladesh 78/1

Tamim 21 (out)
Enamul* 44
Shakib 10

Result: Bangladesh won by 9 wickets with 45 balls to spare.