AFG vs BAN Live Cricket Score

1.5 OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Taskin Ahmed draws first blood and Rahmanullah Gurbaz has to depart early. Taskin pitches the ball a bit further up and wide of the off stump line, Gurbaz is lazy to get his feet across and just reaches out for the drive. The ball nips away and catches the outside edge, going down to the right of the keeper. Mushfiqur Rahim dives across and pouches it nicely and Afghanistan are 7 for 1 inside the first 2 overs. 7/1

9.2 OUT! LBW! A huge, huge appeal for LBW and eventually, the finger is raised. Mustafizur Rahman hurls in from over the wicket and goes a bit wide of the crease, bowling it fuller and angling it in from outside off. Sediqullah Atal looks to flick it away but plays all around the delivery and misses. The ball pings him on the pads and he has to walk back. No review taken and Atal goes for 21 off 30 on debut. 35/3

7.2 OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! The ever reliable Shah is out of here. Fizz comes on and Fizz strikes. This is a very good start for Bangladesh! This is on a length and around off. It lands and angles away. Shah pokes at it. This goes off the outside edge and it is taken by the keeper. 30/2

40.2 OUT! CHOPPED ON! Mustafizur Rahman finally breaks the stand and gets his fourth wicket. Fizz takes pace off again and just bowls this one on a good length and around the fifth stump line, looking to angle it back in. Hashmatullah Shahidi stays rooted to the crease and just looks to guide it away but the inside edge is found and the ball goes back on to hit the stumps. Shahidi departs after a captain's knock. 175/6

9.5 OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Mustafizur Rahman on fire here! Lovely line and length from the Fizz. This is bowled just a tad full and on off, nibbling away from the right-hander. Azmatullah Omarzai looks to block off the front foot but pokes at it with and angled bat and a feather of an outside edge it found. Mushfiqur Rahim gobbles it up behind the stumps and Omarzai goes for a three-ball duck as the Fizz gets his third wicket. 35/4

20 OUT! CAUGHT! Straight to the man and Taskin Ahmed has finally done it! Taskin steams in and digs in another short ball around off, again it doesn't get up high enough. Gulbadin Naib looks to swivel and pull but hits it flat and hard but straight towards mid-wicket where Tanzid Hasan takes a sharp catch and Naib has to walk back after a promising start for 22 runs. Taskin is elated and Bangladesh have their fifth wicket. 71/5

47.3 OUT! CAUGHT! Taskin Ahmed gets the big fish and there will be no century for Mohammad Nabi but a fine, fine knock nonetheless from Mr. President. Taskin digs in a slower bumper and bowls it at an awkward line right around the face. Nabi looks to take it on but mistimes the pull high up towards deep square leg where Tanzid Hasan settles under it and completes a safe catch. 219/8

42.4 OUT! CAUGHT! Shoriful Islam gets his first wicket and a big one at that as well. This is dug in well short and right at the batter, Rashid gets into an awkward position and tries to hook it away with some sort of a tennis shot. Rashid ends up jamming it straight into the hands of Mustafizur Rahman at mid-wicket and he makes no mistake. Afghanistan now 189/7. 189/7

47.4 OUT! TIMBER! Taskin Ahmed with the double whammy! Taskin goes quick and straight and full at the stumps to the new batter. AM Ghazanfar hangs back and gives himself room to smash the ball away but misses. The ball castles into the stumps and all of a sudden Taskin is on a hat-trick and it will be Fazalhaq Farooqi to face the hat-trick ball. 219/9

49.4 OUT! RUN OUT! That's it, Bangladesh have finally managed to bundle out Afghanistan but Shoriful Islam is visibly upset and rightly so. Gull and straight from Shoriful, angling in, Kharote squeezes it out towards deep mid-wicket and picks up a single but they want two again and start running. Towhid Hridoy fires in a throw at the bowler's end and Shoriful takes off the bails. Fazalhaq Farooqi is well short and Afghanistan finish with 235 on the board. 235/10

3.1 OUT! BOWLED'EM! The mystery spinner has struck early for Afghanistan. AM Ghazanfar continues from around the wicket and flicks this one from the front of the hand, a bit full and on off. Tanzid Hasan opts to play it off the back foot instead of going forward and the ball skids on with the arm. It takes a feather of an inside edge and castles into the stumps. Tanzid is left bamboozled and Bangladesh lose their first wicket. 12/1

12 OUT! Taken! Sarkar falls this time. Azmatullah Omarzai with a well-deserved wicket and his team needed this. These two were going great guns. Sarkar on the other hand, falls yet again after getting off to a start. On middle. Shorter. This is pulled. It flies off the top edge towards fine leg. The fielder there, Fazalhaq Farooqi makes no mistake. Well-judged catch as he takes it just inside the ropes. 65/2

25.5 OUT! CAUGHT! There's that wicket, Mohammad Nabi was bowling a lovely spell and does finally have a breakthrough. Nabi stays around the wicket and floats the ball up on the pads, on a length and angles it down leg. Najmul Hossain Shanto gets down to sweep but gets a top edge that goes just wide of short fine Hashmatullah Shahidi, the Afghan skipper almost spills a straightforward chance but manages to hang on after a long juggling act. Shanto departs and Afghanistan get rewarded for some right bowling. 120/3

30.4 OUT! CAUGHT That is a stunning catch from Azmatullah Omarzai and the return of AM Ghazanfar has proved a masterstroke from Hashmatullah Shahidi. Ghaznafar tosses the ball up, a bit full and angles it into the pads. Mehidy Hasan goes down on one knee to sweep but gets a top edge that flies away wide of fine leg. Azmatullah Omarzai from short fine leg runs towards the ball and keeps his eyes on the prize before putting in a big dive and holding on with both hands. Both set batters now dismissed while looking to sweep. 132/4

33.2 OUT! TIMBER! That should be the game if it wasn't obvious before! This is tosssed up outside off. It's the googly. It spins back in. Hridoy looks to play the slog sweep but misses and it hits the stumps. 139/9

31.4 OUT! BOWLED'EM! You can't keep Rashid Khan out of the game for too long and it is that signature googly that does the trick once again for him. Rashid tosses the ball up and gives it a nice rip, landing it full and outside off. Mahmudullah is forced to reach for it but doesn't get to the pitch of the ball and it turns it sharply to beat bat and pad and hammer into the stumps. Afghanistan in the ascendancy now as Bangladesh have now lost half their side. 135/5

32.1 OUT! STUMPED! That is a ripper of a delivery from AM Ghazanfar and you can see jubilation as he brings out 'Cristiano Ronaldo' signature celebration. Another carrom ball from Ghaznafar but this one lands perfectly, full on off, angling in and then just leaves the batter. Mushfiqur Rahim leans on to flick it away but plays all around it and is drawn out of his crease as well. The substitute keeper, Ikram Alikhil dislodges the bails in a flash and Rahim has a bewildered look on his face. 136/6

32.5 OUT! LBW! Nicely bowled and the appeal has been listened to as the umpire raises his finger. Seemed like yet another carrom ball from AM Ghazanfar, this one on a dragged length and sliding it into middle and leg stump. Rishad Hossain gets pegged back and looks to flick it away but the ball holds its line and beats the bat to hit the pads. It is reviewed but there's nothing on UltraEdge and Ball Tracking shows that it would have just clipped the top of the stumps which means the onfield decision stands and Bangladesh lose their seventh wicket. 138/7

33 OUT! TIMBER! A stellar five-wicket haul for Afghan sensation AM Ghazanfar and Afghanistan just a couple of wickets away from victory here. Comes from around the wicket to the left-hander and bowls another flicker which is the carrom ball, landing it a touch full around off. Taskin Ahmed strides across to block but the ball turns in and beats the inside edge to crash into the stumps. What a turnaround from the Afghan spinners! 138/8

34.3 OUT! BOWLED'EM! AM Ghazanfar deservedly wraps things up and Afghanistan come back from the brink to snatch a comfortable win. This is nicely tossed up, a tad full and around off, it is the carrom ball yet again. This one pitches and turns in, Shoriful Islam goes down on one knee looking for the big slog but misses and the ball crashes into the stumps. Ghaznafar finishes off with 6 wickets and Afghanistan win by 92 runs. 143/10