Bangladesh seal last-over thriller despite Janat hat-trick

Bangladesh 157 for 8 (Hridoy 47*, Shamim 33, Janat 3-15) beat Afghanistan 154 for 7 (Nabi 54*, Omarzai 33, Shakib 2-27) by two wickets

Six runs have been wanted from the ultimate over when Mehidy Hasan Miraz crunched a canopy drive off the primary supply, earlier than throwing his wicket away with a pull to midwicket. Taskin Ahmed was caught behind the next ball, and Nasum Ahmed top-edged a catch to deep third as Janat accomplished the hat-trick. Hridoy was unbeaten on 47 off 32 balls with three fours and two sixes and didn’t face a ball in that ultimate over.

Shamim, Hridoy elevate Bangladesh

Initially of the thirteenth over, Bangladesh’s required run fee was 9.5 per over they usually had six wickets in hand. Hridoy started the assault by slamming Omarzai’s first ball for 4 over mid-off. He adopted it up with a brutal pull shot for one more 4. Shamim then struck an awkward-looking pull for one more boundary. Three extra runs within the final two balls fetched Bangladesh 21 runs within the over, which introduced the asking fee all the way down to 7.85.

With Shamim on 23, Najibullah Zadran dropped a sitter at deep sq. leg, which proved to be a game-changing second. Hridoy and Shamim then scored 16 runs within the subsequent over, bowled by Fazalhaq Farooqi. Whereas Shamim received into an ungainly place to play a scoop over fine-leg for 4 whereas dropping steadiness, Hridoy pulled away a six in that over to ease stress.