MONITORING (SW) – Afghanistan was outclassed by Bangladesh in the first T20 International match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday.
Nasum Ahmed claimed four wickets while Shoriful Islam took three as Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan by 61 runs in the first of a two-match T20I series.
Batting first, Bangladesh rode on a half-century from Liton Das to post a total of 155/8 after a poor start against Afghanistan.
In replay, Afghanistan batters failed to rise to the occasion and got out tamely without troubling the opposition at all.
Hosts Bangladesh had won the three-match ODI series that preceded the T20Is by a margin of 2-1.
Earlier this week, Rahmanullah Gurbaz hammered his third ODI century, an unbeaten 106 in 110 balls, to help Afghanistan race to a seven-wicket win against Bangladesh in the third and final ODI in Chattogram.
They were dominant all the way through, first bowling out the home side to 192 in 46.5 overs and then getting to the target in 40.1. Though they had already lost the series, Afghanistan earned ten valuable World Cup Super League points with the result, reported Cricinfo.