Rahmanullah Gurbaz hit a cracking century and Azmatullah Omarzai confirmed allround abilities on Monday to offer Afghanistan a 5 wicket victory within the third ODI and a sequence win over Bangladesh. Omarzai took 4 wickets earlier than hitting an undefeated 77-ball 70 and Opener Gurbaz hit a 120-ball 101 as Afghanistan chased down a 245-run goal in 48.2 overs in Sharjah. Bangladesh have been lifted to 244-8 by Mohammad Mahmudullah, run out off the final ball of the innings for run-a-ball 98, and a stable 66 by stand-in skipper Mehidy Hasan Miraz.
The victory gave Afghanistan a 2-1 win within the sequence in Sharjah. Afghanistan gained the primary match by 92 runs whereas Bangladesh took the second by 68 runs.
The sequence win is Afghanistan’s third successive this 12 months, having additionally overwhelmed Eire (2-0) and South Africa (2-1) following their wins over England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in final 12 months’s World Cup in India.
Bangladesh pacers Mustafizur Rahman (2-50) and Nahid Rana (2-40) had jolted Afghanistan to 84-3 earlier than Gurbaz and Omarzai added 100 for the fourth wicket.
Gurbaz, who hit seven sixes and 5 boundaries in his eighth ODI century, fell within the thirty ninth over with 61 wanted as Bangladesh pressed.
Omarzai hit 5 sixes and three boundaries added 58 runs with Mohammad Nabi (27-ball 34) to keep away from any turnaround, hitting the successful six.
Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi mentioned he was happy with his group.
“I’m very joyful as a captain,” mentioned Shahidi. “After we misplaced the toss we have been a bit anxious as a result of it is robust to bat second in Sharjah however our batters did very effectively.”
Miraz praised Afghanistan
“I believe credit score goes to Afghanistan the best way they performed on this sequence,” mentioned Miraz. “Gurbaz and Omarzai did very effectively and we could not get wickets to win the match.”
Earlier, Bangladesh, with out injured skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto, got a sound 53-run begin by Soumya Sarkar (24) and Tanzid Hasan (19) earlier than 4 wickets fell in for 19 runs in 38 balls.
Mahmudullah and Miraz repaired the innings with a 155-run fifth wicket stand as they blunted Afghanistan spinners, who managed simply two wickets between them.
Miraz grew to become considered one of Omarzai’s sufferer within the forty sixth over however Mahmudullah continued to bat solidly until he was run out off the final ball, making an attempt to sneak a second run.
Mahmudullah hit three sixes and 7 fours whereas Miraz’s 119-ball knock contained 4 fours.
Omarzai took a profession finest 4-37, enhancing on his 3-56 towards Sri Lanka at Pallekele earlier this 12 months.
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