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Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by 224 runs as Rashid Khan stars with the ball

Rashid Khan stars

Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by 224 runs late on the 5^th day of this historic Test in Chittagong today. Afghanistan captain and all-rounder, Rashid Khan, ended with match bowling figures of 11- 100.

Match Summary

Bangladesh 205 (Mominul Haque 52, Mosaddek Hossain 48*; Rashid Khan 5-55, Mohammad Nabi 3-56) and 173 (Rashid Khan 6-49)

Afghanistan 342 (Rahmat Shah 102, Asghar Afghan 92, Rashid Khan 51, Afsar Zazai 41 ; Taijul Islam 4-116, Nayeem Hasan 2-43) and 260 (Ibrahim Zadran 87, Asghar Afghan 50; Shakib Al Hasan 3-53)

Result - Afghanistan won by 224 runs

Scorecard

Rashid Khan claims the final wicket – that of Soumya Sarkar – as Afghanistan secure a 224-run victory!

What a brilliant performance by the captain, who finishes with 11 wickets for the match ??

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On a day interrupted by rain, until late on in the day, nearly allowed Bangladesh to get away with draw, but Rashid Khan took 3 further wickets to bowl Bangladesh out for 173, adding only 37 runs to their overnight score.

This is Afghanistan’s second Test win – their first Test win was over Ireland - Afghanistan were awarded Test status in 2017 and lost to India before defeating Ireland in their first two matches.

Match Details

Bangladesh - Soumya Sarkar, Shadman Islam, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim(wk), Shakib Al Hasan(c), Mahmudullah, Liton Das, Mosaddek Hossain, Mehedi Hasan, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan

Afghanistan- Ihsanullah, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Afsar Zazai(wk), Rashid Khan(c), Yamin Ahmadzai, Qais Ahmad, Zahir Khan

Start Time: 05:00

Toss: Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat

Venue: Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong

Officials: Nigel Llong, Paul Wilson, Nitin Menon, Sharfuddoula Saikat, Brian Broad

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