Bangladesh is batting after winning the toss in the match to save the series. After the batting collapse of the previous match, the Bangladeshi batsmen have shown a tendency to play a bit more cautiously. Although in the ninth over, Mohammad Nabi hit a four and a six each, Soumya Sarkar indicated to come out of the shell.

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Opener Tanjid Hasan Tamim has already returned. In the fourth over, in the first match, Afghanistan's hero of victory, spinner Ghazanfar, caught Mohammad Nabi while playing the ball. The opener made 22 off 17 balls with 3 fours and 1 six before returning.

After that, Soumya is progressing slowly with captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto, who has dropped to third. As of writing this report, 31 runs have come for their second wicket pair. And the team's collection is 59 runs for 1 wicket in 10 overs.

Incidentally, Bangladesh lost to Afghanistan by a huge margin of 92 runs in the first ODI of the three-match series. The second ODI for Bangladesh, which is trailing by 0-1 in the series, is now a battle of wits.