At the start of their second innings, Afghanistan were shrugged by Shakib Al Hasan’s double strikes in the very first over. Bangladesh captain removed Afghan opener Ihsanullah and centurion of first innings Rahmat Shah in consecutive two deliveries.
While Ihsanullah fell for four, Rahmat suffered a golded duck. Later, Nayeem Hasan removed Hashmatullah Shahidi for 12.
Bangladesh ended their first innings on 205 all-out. Mominul Was the top-scorer hitting 52 while Mosaddek Hossain remained unbeaten for 48.
For Afghanistan, Rashid Khan bagged five wickets and Mohammad Nabi took three.
Bangladesh struggled to make any big partnership in their first innings. Rashid ripped through Bangladesh’s middle-order as he picked up the wickets of Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah Riyad in quick succession. Bangladesh never recovered that blow.
Mominul Haque, the left-hander, hit a fifty which was Bangladesh’s only 50-plus individual score in the game. Mossaddek Hossain remained unbeaten for 48.
Afghanistan won the toss in this match and opted to bat first. They accumulated 342 runs in the first innings, which is now their highest Test total.
Rahmat Shah was the main pillar of Afghanistan’s innings as he hit the maiden Test ton (102) for Afghanistan. Asghar Afghan (92) was close to hitting another ton but fell short of eight runs. Rashid also impressed with the bat (51).
For Bangladesh, Taijul Islam bagged four wickets while Shakib and Nayeem Hasan took two wickets each.
However, securing a big lead of 137 runs at the end of first innings of both teams, Afghanistan are clearly ahead of Bangladesh in Chattogram. To get rid of this situation, Bangladesh need to come up with a strong batting display in their second innings.