Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, Asia Cup 2023: Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Najmul Hossain Shanto Shine In Bangladesh's Big Win

03.09.2023 - 19:25 sports.ndtv.com

Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 89 runs to remain in contention for Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup on Sunday. Bangladesh posted 334 for 5 in their allotted 50 overs after opting to bat with Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mehidy Hasan Miraz hitting centuries and then bowled Afghanistan out for 245 in 44.3 overs for a big win.

Taskin Ahmed (4/44) and Shoriful Islam (3/36) were the main wicket takers for Bangladesh, who had lost their first match to Sri Lanka by five wickets.

Earlier, Mehidy, promoted to open the innings, retired hurt at 112 from 119 balls, while Shanto made 104 off 105 balls before he was run out.

Mehidy and Shanto added 194 runs off 190 balls for the third wicket before the former suffered an injury to his hand and had to leave the field.

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