Afghanistan (131/3) defeat Bangladesh 127/7 by 7 wickets & qualify for the Super 4 stage

[Rana]

Very similar required rate to what India needed against Pakistan

 

[sweep_shot]

74 runs are needed from 9 overs.

Afghanistan - 54/2 (11 overs).

 

[Rana]

I think there has been 10 runs or so in the last 3 overs

 

[Rana]

Deficit of 23 runs

That’s 4-6 boundary shots required

 

[sweep_shot]

Afghanistan - 57/2 (12 overs).

71 runs are needed from 8 overs.

Shakib is done with his 4 overs.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Shakib and Mosaddek have been brilliant.

 

[Rana]

This Saif guy has a dodgy action too

 

[Rana]

Huge wicket

 

[sweep_shot]

Pacer should take pace off the ball on this pitch. Fast ball is not effective.

 

[Rana]

Need to take some risks Afghanistan

 

[sweep_shot]

Out.

Afghans lose their 3rd wicket. Plumb LBW.

AFG - 62/3 (13 overs).

66 runs are needed from 7 overs.

 

[sweep_shot]

Afghanistan - 65/3 (14 overs).

63 runs are needed from 6 overs.

Advantage Bangladesh now. Better not botch it up.

 

[light]

Tamim retired from international T20.

Why did he retire? You guys desperately need an opener. Couldn't he have retired after the worldcup? LOL

 

[light]

Is something wrong with the pitch? Afgans are bottling this ... gotta get a acceleration on here

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Mahmudullah should bowl few over here. BD should win this from here.

 

[Rana]

Taskin giving too much width

 

[sweep_shot]

Is something wrong with the pitch? Afgans are bottling this ... gotta get a acceleration on here

Sluggish pitch.

This seems like a 130-135 pitch.

 

[sweep_shot]

Why is captain bowling Taskin here? Spinners, Mustafiz, and Saif should bowl.

Taskin is not effective on this pitch.

10 from the over. 1 ball to go.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Why is captain bowling Taskin here? Spinners, Mustafiz, and Saif should bowl.

Taskin is not effective on this pitch.

10 from the over. 1 ball to go.

Why Mahmudullah not bowling?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Dew taking effect? Ball sliding on better now I think.

 

[sweep_shot]

52 runs are needed from the last 5 overs.

 

[sweep_shot]

Why Mahmudullah not bowling?

He doesn't bowl much anymore.

BD have 3 spinners today (Shakib, Mehedi, and Mosaddek). So, Mahmudullah is not needed.

 

[sweep_shot]

42 runs are needed from 23 balls. Can go either way.

 

[Rana]

Bangladesh pacers haven’t been very impressive today

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Bangladesh will win this most likely and I want them to win too.

I want them to loose, it will give another chance to SL

 

[JaDed]

Afghans just making sure they play off all overs because of their huge win last game lol

 

[sweep_shot]

Najibullah is the danger man. He can hit big. His wicket is needed now.

 

[Rana]

Fizz has been atrocious

 

[sweep_shot]

Two sixes in one over. Afghans are favorites now.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

The fizz lost the plot. )

 

[JaDed]

lol man If Afghans win this it would actually be a good chase

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Fizz messed it up. BD should have used 4th spinner.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Athar voice has been down whole match

 

[sweep_shot]

26 runs are needed from 3 overs.

Unless Najibullah gets out, Afghans should win this.

 

[Major]

wow mature batting by afghanistan, cant believe this maturity from them

 

[JaDed]

BD are worst when it comes to handling pressure in close games let’s see if they can do it this time.

 

[Major]

athar is annoying

 

[sweep_shot]

Why did Bangladesh play 3 pacers here? This is a sluggish Sharjah pitch. Blunder.

 

[Devadwal]

17 of 15 . afganistan should win from here

 

[sweep_shot]

17 needed from 15 balls. Should be easy for AFG now.

 

[Major]

athar kept crying why safiuddin not given over, gets the over and he also gets attacked lmao...

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Why did Bangladesh play 3 pacers here? This is a sluggish Sharjah pitch. Blunder.

That's what i questioned. 4th spinner would have been effective.

 

[Major]

he literally just slapped the ball behind lmao

 

[Devadwal]

Another six and now they need 10 of 13 Ball

 

[JaDed]

What an amazing chase this, remarkable maturity.

 

[Villager6964]

It's always great to see this Bangladeshi commentator crying and whining.

 

[pakistanisgreat]

22 of the over. game over for BD.

 

[sweep_shot]

Congratulations, Afghanistan.

Najibullah is a great hitter. Hit 5 sixes.

 

[Devadwal]

Bangladesh will win this most likely and I want them to win too.

Pta h Bangladesh kha pe match hare .is comments pe

 

[jnaveen1980]

This is how T20 should be played. Damn. Unadulterated hitting.

 

[JaDed]

Afghans have smacked BD and Lanka.

six sixes lol

 

[jnaveen1980]

athar kept crying why safiuddin not given over, gets the over and he also gets attacked lmao...

Not the first time Athar's suggestions come back to haunt him.

 

[Devadwal]

Afghans have smacked BD and Lanka.

Next india and Pakistan

 

[shariqnoor]

In the end, they have won at a canter. These Afghans are super talented.

 

[Rana]

This is called clean left hand striking

Hopefully Khushdil is taking note

 

[jnaveen1980]

Innings of the tournament !

 

[jnaveen1980]

Afghanistan treated both teams like minnows in the end.

 

[sweep_shot]

Mustafiz should be dropped.

Well done, Afghanistan. Great hitting from Najibullah.

 

[MenInG]

BAN 127/7 (20)
AFG 131/3 (18.3) CRR: 7.08
Afghanistan won by 7 wkts

 

[shariqnoor]

This is called clean left hand striking

Hopefully Khushdil is taking note

He can take all the notes he want. He can't execute anything on the field. He's a domestic bully. Just bowl short outside off stump and he's a rabbit caught in the headlights.

 

[Rana]

Najeebullah came to hit sixes

Not like Khushdil who wants to tuk tuk his first 15 balls

 

[Champ_Pal]

Pressure will be on Pakistan to win against Bangladesh and Srilanka. One bad day, and it will be India vs Afghan in the final.

 

[JaDed]

We have no BD fans at all anymore except for the PCT BD fan.. probably considering how bad the team has become.

 

[jnaveen1980]

He literally had nets out there lol Straight hitting is impressive.

 

[MenInG]

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Najibullah should gift his bat to Mushfiqar.

 

[Asif321]

Najibullah is better than combined hack middle order of Pakistan

 

[Anis Shivani]

This is how the game should be played. Pakistan take some lessons. Afghans "get" cricket.

 

[Asif321]

How did mossadak bowl only two overs . Shakib is such poor captain

 

[jnaveen1980]

Afghanistan has so many match winners. BD can win only when they collectively click together something that happens rarely.

 

[JaDed]

Middle orders LOI batsmen are extremely hard to get , the very reason we won so much in LOI was our middleorder and the very reason for losing tournaments was an aging one.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Seems like another win the toss win the match sort of tournament. Not taking away the credit from Najib

 

[jnaveen1980]

So many times BD loses badly in winning position to an individual lol Afridi, Pandya, Dinesh Karthik

 

[jnaveen1980]

Seems like another win the toss win the match sort of tournament. Not taking away the credit from Najib

What? Bangladesh did win the toss. They lost the match.

 

[Rajdeep]

Afg will beat most teams this Asia cup including India & Pakistan.

There have been many narrow misses from them recently


Asia Cup 2018 - they almost defeated Pakistan, but Sohaib Malik somehow turned the game in last over

World Cup 2019 - again they almost defeated Pakistan, but Gulbadin Naib dropped a sitter in the end

World Cup 2019 - they almost defeated India but Shami's hatrick in last over saved the day

WT20 2021 - they almost defeated Pakistan and then Asif Ali played that blinder


Afghanistan is coming perilously close now and again to beat big teams and I won't be surprised if this Asia cup is for theirs to take.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Afg will beat most teams this Asia cup including India & Pakistan.

There have been many narrow misses from them recently


Asia Cup 2018 - they almost defeated Pakistan, but Sohaib Malik somehow turned the game in last over

World Cup 2019 - again they almost defeated Pakistan, but Gulbadin Naib dropped a sitter in the end

World Cup 2019 - they almost defeated India but Shami's hatrick in last over saved the day

WT20 2021 - they almost defeated Pakistan and then Asif Ali played that blinder


Afghanistan is coming perilously close now and again to beat big teams and I won't be surprised if this Asia cup is for theirs to take.

Pakistan yes, India no. India have Sky and Pandya who will take care of Afghani spinners.

 

[ammar_merry]

Pressure will be on Pakistan to win against Bangladesh and Srilanka. One bad day, and it will be India vs Afghan in the final.

One of Bangla/ srilanka will not qualify for super four now.

 

[JaDed]

Middle orders LOI batsmen are extremely hard to get , the very reason we won so much in LOI was our middleorder and the very reason for losing tournaments was an aging one.

So Afghans might be tougher than we think.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Afghanistan is capable of beating India even convincingly in the right conditions.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Afghanistan is capable of beating India even convincingly in the right conditions.

India will be very hard for them. For that to happen, they need to bat first and score in excess of 180. Then Afghan bowlers have to take out Top 3 cheaply.