Jumbangla Desk: The bowlers were under pressure but could not take much advantage. Afghanistan gets quite a good collection.

Bangladesh, however, was in the orbit for a long time in the run chase. But they were disoriented by young spinner Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar.
Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by 92 runs in the first of the three-match ODI series in Sharjah. First, the Afghans were all out for 235 runs. Bangladesh chase 135 runs.

After losing the toss, Taskin Ahmed brought Bangladesh a wicket early in the field. Rahmanullah Gurbaz caught his ball behind the wicket in the second over of the innings. Taskin started the bowling with Shariful Islam.

In the eighth over, captain Nazmul Hossain removed Taskin and brought in Mostafizur Rahman. Mostafiz got a wicket in the second ball after coming to the bowling. Rahmat Shah, who scored 2 runs off 12 balls, caught Mushfiq.

Mustafiz did not stop here, he took two wickets in his next over. First bring back Sadiqullah Atal who is settling down. This batsman who scored 21 runs off 30 balls was lbw. After two balls, Azmatullah Omarzai took a catch behind the wicket.

After Mustafiz took three wickets in two overs, Afghanistan tried to turn around a bit. Gulbadin Naib and Hashmatullah Shahidi made a partnership of 36 runs off 61 balls. Taskin Ahmed broke this pair. Naib, who scored 22 runs off 32 balls, gave his catch at short midwicket.

Afghanistan lost 5 wickets for 71 runs and fell under a lot of pressure. But this time, Shahidi and Mohammad Nabi took the lead of the party with a strong hand. Afghanistan continued to advance in the pair of these two. Both picked up half centuries.

Mostafizur Rahman broke it after completing the pair's century. He broke this pair of 104 runs off 122 balls by bowling Shahidi. Hashmatullah returned with 52 runs off 92 balls. Mustafiz returned Rashid Khan before the stormy batting started.

Shariful got his first wicket back. Rashid scored 10 runs off 11 balls. But nothing could stop Muhammad Nabi. He was dismissed by Taskin in the 48th over. Nabi caught the hand of Tanjid Tamim. Before that, 84 runs from 79 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes came from his bat.

But in the end, Afghanistan's run was increased by Nagaili Kharote. He remained unbeaten with 27 runs off 28 balls. Taskin Ahmed and Mostafizur Rahman both took four wickets. Still Afghanistan gets capital to fight.

Tanjid Has an Tamim departed early in the run chase. He got bowled by Allah Ghazanfar. However,Bangladesh was not under much pressure even after his departure. Soumya Sarkar and Nazmul Hossain Shanto scored 53 runs from 54 balls in the second wicket partnership.

Soumya Sarkar returned with a catch on Azmatullah Omarzai's bouncer. 33 runs from 45 balls came from his bat. Skipper Nazmul Hossain got out after going very close to a quiet half-century. He caught Mohammad Nabi's ball by scoring 47 runs off 68 balls.

Even after his departure, Bangladesh has not lost much ground. Bangladesh runs 120 for 3 wickets. But they lost 7 wickets in the next 23 runs. Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar took 5 of them. He came down to play only the sixth ODI.

18-year-old Ghazanfar took six wickets with 26 runs from 6 overs 3 balls. Captain Shantar's run is the highest for Bangladesh.