All-around Afghanistan seal series

Afghanistan put up another dominating show to beat Bangladesh by 6-wickets in 2nd T20 at Rajiv Gandhi International stadium, Dehradun on June 5 and sealed the series by 2-0 with one more game to play.

It was nothing but another Rashid Khan special whose 4 for 12 restricted Bangladesh to 134 for 8 before Samiullah Shenwari's 49 and Mohammad Nabi's unbeaten 31 off 15 balls sealed the deal for Afghanistan with 7 balls to spare.

It was a do or die match for Bangladesh as they already had lost the first match. In a must-win game, Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and opted to bat first. Despite Tamim Iqbal's 43 off 48 balls, Afghanistan's spinners didn't allow them to free their hand. Bangladesh kept losing wickets at regular interval and therefore they could manage only 134 after 20 overs. Their few batsmen had started well but couldn't capitalize on big scores.

In reply, Mohammad Shahzad and Usman Ghani gave a good start to Afghanistan by adding 38 for the first wicket. However, Bangladesh kept things tight in the middle overs as Afghanistan could score only 56 in first 10 overs. When skipper Asghar Stanikzai got out, Afghanistan was 79 for 3 in 13.4 overs.

After wicket of Stanikzai, Mohammad Nabi came to the crease and blow pressure completely away with a blitzing cameo of 31 off 15 balls. When 20 runs were needed in 2 overs, it took only 5 balls for Nabi to get those runs. He hammered two sixes and two fours to Rubel Hossain in 19th over and finished the game with 7 balls to spare.

Nabi and Shenwari added 36 off 26 balls for the 4th wicket. Shenwari scored 49 off 41 balls and was the top scorer of this match. Mosaddek Hossain was the star bowler for Bangladesh. He conceded 21 runs in 3 overs and picked 2 wickets out of 4 were felled.

Third T20 will be played on 7th of June at the same venue. Bangladesh will look to gain some sort of respect while Afghanistan will want to whitewash their opponent.

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