Shakib's 400th wicket in Bangladesh win

Shakib Al Hasan has taken his 400th international white-ball wicket while left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed also starred as Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 61 runs in their first Twenty20 international.

Nasum claimed a career-best 4-10 on Thursday as paceman Shoriful Islam grabbed 3-29 and Shakib 2-18 to complement his briliance.

Nasum helped reduce Afghanistan to 4-20 in just the fifth over, a start they failed to recover from before eventually being dismissed for just 94 in 17.4 overs in reply to Bangladesh's 8-155.

Najibullah Zadran and Mohammad Nabi were attempting a comeback for Afghanistan with a stand of 37 until Nabi holed out for 16, giving their distinguished allrounder Shakib his 400th international white-ball wicket.

In his next over, the 34-year-old Shakib also dismissed Zadran, who top-scored for 27.

Earlier, after Bangladesh opted to bat first, Liton Das struck a 44 ball-60 to get them started, before Afif Hossain scored 25 and debutant opener Munim Shahriar made 17.

Opener Naim Sheikh continued his poor form with just two to his name, and Shahriar was dismissed by Rashid Khan to leave Bangladesh 2-25.

Liton attacked while losing Shakib (5) and skipper Mahmudullah (10) cheaply.

Liton and Afif dealt astutely with Afghanistan's much-vaunted spin attack, comprised of Rashid, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Nabi, and shared a 46-run partnership.

Liton reached his fifth fifty, pushing a Rashid delivery to long on for a single.

However, after hitting four fours and two sixes, he finally was removed by Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Farooqi and Omarzai took two wickets each and prevented Bangladesh from hitting big in the death overs.

The second and last T20 is on Saturday.