Afghanistan 35 for 3 (Malik 17, Ebadot 2-15, Shoriful 1-6) path Bangladesh 382 (Shanto 146, Joy 76, Masood 5-79) by 347 runs
Afghanistan, nevertheless, began off with a reprieve within the second over. Captain-wicketkeeper Litton Das dropped Ibrahim on one. Litton dived full-length in entrance of Mahmudul Hasan Joy at first slip however could not maintain on to the ball. But Shoriful acquired his man within the sixth over when Zadran supplied a better likelihood to Litton, gone for six.
Next over, Ebadot acquired one to bounce at Abdul Malik at hand Zakir Hasan a catch at third slip. Zakir needed to dive ahead to take a clear catch to ship Malik again for 17. Rahmat gave a easy catch to Taskin Ahmed at mid-on on the stroke of lunch, with a shot that was caught between a flick and pull.
Afghanistan's three wickets took a number of the sheen of their quick bowlers' work within the morning. They had wrapped up Bangladesh's first innings in 45 minutes on the second morning. Yamin Ahmadzai and Masood took the final 5 wickets in 4.5 overs.
The collapse began when Ahmadzai acquired Mehidy Hasan Miraz to drive away from his physique, half-heartedly, as Amir Hamza took a tumbling catch at gully. Mehidy made 48 off 80 balls with eight fours. Masood then acquired the brand new ball to leap into Mushfiqur Rahim's face, with the skilled batter solely adequate to fend it to second slip. Nasir Jamal took the straightforward catch, as Mushfiqur additionally missed out on a fifty by three runs. He struck 4 boundaries in his 76-ball keep.
Any hope of the tail-enders' resistance led to two balls when Masood acquired Taijul Islam caught at quick leg second ball. Malik held a very good catch as Masood took two in a single over. Ahmadzai adopted it up with Taskin's wicket, trapping him lbw. Masood wrapped up his five-for emphatically, uprooting Shoriful Islam's off-stump.
Bangladesh's dominance on the primary day underlined their droop on the second morning. Najmul Hossain Shanto's 146 carried the house workforce to 362 for 5 by stumps, at 4.58 per over, a rarity for this aspect. Shanto struck 23 fours and two sixes in his 175-ball keep, a horny and attacking innings.
He added 212 runs with Mahmudul Hasan Joy who performed his second fiddle with 76 runs. Part-timer Rahmat removed him with a long-hop, with Ibrahim Zadran catching it brilliantly at slip. Shanto and Joy dominated the Afghanistan bowlers, however as soon as their partnership ended, the guests struck again.
Masood eliminated Mominul Haque with a tickle down the leg aspect for 15. Zahir Khan, largely inconsistent together with his size, acquired a improper'un to take away Litton, for 9. Afghanistan have been typically fairly sloppy within the subject. They bowled loads of no-balls together with Shanto bowled off a no-ball. There have been additionally a number of wides, some misfields and overthrows all through the day. But they turned issues round on the second morning.
Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo's Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84
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