After a great start, Bangladesh's pace of scoring runs has decreased. Bangladesh crossed a hundred runs in 23.2 overs riding on the bat of captain Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Mahmudullah.

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Bangladesh bats after winning the toss in the series deciding match. The opening pair of Tanjid-Soumya scored 53 runs, but the team suddenly fell into trouble. On reaching 53 to 58 runs, the first three batters took the path to Sajghar.

Tawhid Hridoy, who was suffering with the bat throughout the series, could not score more than 7 runs. Having lost 4 wickets for 72 runs, Bangladesh is now being pulled by captain Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Mahmudullah.

Bangladesh has scored 112 runs for 4 wickets in 25 overs till writing this report. Miraj is batting with 30 runs off 55 balls, Mahmudullah scored 17 runs off 22 balls.

Incidentally, Bangladesh and Afghanistan have won one each of the first two ODIs in the three-match series. Bangladesh lost to Afghanistan by 92 runs in the first ODI of the series. In the second ODI, the representatives of red and green turned around with a victory of 68 runs. The last ODI of the series has now become a series decider.