It was nothing form of manic final over as Bangladesh hosted Afghanistan for the primary T20I in Sylhet on Friday. Afghanistan had received the ODI sequence and the hosts wanted an excellent begin within the T20I competitors. It was, nevertheless, not simple. Afghanistan’s Karim Janat grabbed a hat-trick within the last over however Bangladesh held their nerve to sneak a two-wicket win with only a ball to spare within the first T20 worldwide in Sylhet on Friday. The hosts gave the impression to be cruising in the direction of victory within the first encounter of the two-match sequence after Towhid Hridoy and Shamim Hossain placed on 73 runs for the fifth wicket in reply to Afghanistan’s 154-7. Then drama erupted on the Sylhet Worldwide Stadium.

Rashid Khan eliminated Shamim for 33 to interrupt the partnership, however Bangladesh had been nonetheless favourites needing solely six runs from the ultimate over.

As an alternative Janat dismissed Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed and Nasum Ahmed with the second, third and fourth balls of the over, leaving the hosts nonetheless two runs away.

Shoriful Islam got here in at quantity 10 to strike a robust shot that raced to boundary, incomes Bangladesh a dramatic win.  Hridoy remained unbeaten on 47 on the non-striker’s finish as Janat completed with 3-15.

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“We had the idea, all our tail-enders can bat. It was Shoriful’s flip at this time however Miraz may have completed it,” mentioned Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan.

Rashid, the Afghanistan captain, lamented his facet’s lack of ability to defend their whole. “With the bowling unit we have now, that whole was sufficient however in T20 one innings can take away the sport from you,” he mentioned.

The guests struggled initially of their innings, shedding their first 4 wickets for 52 runs after Shakib received the toss and elected to bowl. However Mohammad Nabi scored an unbeaten 54 from 40 balls to offer Afghanistan a aggressive rating.

He hit the primary ball he confronted for 4 to sign his intent and stored the scoreboard ticking over, with the occasional boundary. Najibullah Zadran offered him transient assist with a run-a-ball 23 earlier than falling to Mehidy, whereas Azmatullah Omarzai hit 4 sixes to attain 33 off 18 deliveries, guaranteeing Afghanistan by no means misplaced their method utterly.

Shakib was the hosts’ most profitable bowler with 2-27. Equally Bangladesh had been lowered to 64-4 as Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Omarzai and Fareed Ahmed every claimed a wicket earlier than Hridoy and Shamim mounted the comeback.

The second match of the sequence shall be held on the similar floor on Sunday.