🏏Cricket World Cup 2023: Match #3: Afghanistan vs Bangladesh on 7 Oct - Page 38

34.3 Naveen-ul-Haq to Shanto, FOUR, misfield in the deep. Was a short ball on middle and leg,

34.4 Naveen-ul-Haq to Shanto, FOUR, to long-off

Bangladesh won by 6 wkts

clinical performance by Bangladesh as they open their World Cup campaign with an emphatic win. The way things started earlier in the day, it seemed as if it would be an interesting contest, however, Bangladesh have won it with nonchalance in the end. The Afghan openers got them off an impressive start after they were put in to bat first, however, captain Shakib Al Hasan brought himself into the attack and turned the tide in his side's favour. The Bangladesh captain took three wickets and proved to be the game changer. Not to forget Mehidy Hasan Miraz was was equally impressive. He bowled dot balls after dot balls and built the pressure, and even he ended up picking up three wickets. It was the knock by Shahidi that sucked the momentum away from Afghanistan and Bangladesh made sure to not allow the opposition get back in the game. In the chase, Bangladesh lost a couple of early wickets, but once again it was Miraz who came to the party and brought some luck along with him. His partnership with Shanto put Bangladesh in the driver's seat as they got over the line by 6 wickets.. A morale boosting victory for Bangladesh, not so for Afghanistan..

easy win for Bangladesh

Ahmad Mostak: "Well, Bangladesh has started the World Cup with nagin dance."

Awais: "So Bangladesh finishing on top on the points table."

AdnanKapri: "Not expecting anything like that in this Match from Afghanistan After How they play in Asia cup Credit Must goes to Bangladesh they Beaten Afghanistan In every department."

Originally posted by: Prizi

AdnanKapri: "Not expecting anything like that in this Match from Afghanistan After How they play in Asia cup Credit Must goes to Bangladesh they Beaten Afghanistan In every department."

Isam pings that this is Bangladesh's biggest win in terms of balls remaining in a World Cup. Previous best was 52 versus Netherlands in the 2011 World Cup

Originally posted by: Prizi

AdnanKapri: "Not expecting anything like that in this Match from Afghanistan After How they play in Asia cup Credit Must goes to Bangladesh they Beaten Afghanistan In every department."

Who is saying this 😅Afghans lost to Bangladesh in asia cup too. They even did not qualify to super four.is kapri in his mind

Mehedi Hasan Miraz | Player of the Match: It’s a great moment for me, I’ve done a lot of hard work in the past. Credit to the team management because they believed in me. I was a bit cautious, the captain told me to bowl in the right areas. He told me to be consistent and to focus on my own performance so credit to the captain. I took it ball by ball, didn’t look at the runs. Wicket was turning a bit, I just tried to play straight. I’ve always batted at no.8 so a great moment for me to bat at the top of the order. They tried me at the top of the order in the last few matches and it’s a great moment for me.