Bangladesh complete a clinical 3–0 sweep over Afghanistan with a six-wicket win in the third T20I, chasing 144 with 12 balls to spare after Saif Hassan’s measured 64 not out off 38 balls anchored an innings that briefly flickered, then steadied.
Put in after Bangladesh won the toss, Afghanistan never quite escaped the grip of Bangladesh's seam-spin rotation and struggled to 143 for 9. Darwish Rasooli (32 off 29) and Sediqullah Atal (28 off 23) offered progress through the middle, and a late-order nudge from Mujeeb Ur Rahman (23* off 18) lifted the total beyond 140.
The damage came earlier: Mohammad Saifuddin (3 for 15) nicked out Wafiullah Tarakhil and Rasooli to stall Afghanistan's momentum after the Powerplay, while left-armer spinner Nasum Ahmed (2 for 24) and the ever-consistent Tanzim Hasan Sakib (2 for 24) with his right-arm fast medium kept the squeeze on.
Rashid Khan briefly counterpunched with a cameo (12 off 7) , but Afghanistan never really managed to get out of jail after falling to 98 for 7.
Bangladesh’s reply began in brisk, unfussy fashion despite a maiden from Mujeeb to start. Parvez Hossain Emon’s skied miscue to Rashid off Azmatullah Omarzai (3–0–12–1) made it 24 for 1, but Saif—promoted to No. 3 this series—set the tone, picking length early and clearing the arc seven times in an innings that married clean swing with restraint.
Tanzid Hasan (33 off 33) partnered him in a 55-run stand that took Bangladesh to 79 for 1 at drinks.
There was a jolt: Mujeeb, operating with drift and dip, trapped Jaker Ali lbw and then hit the top of off to remove Shamim Hossain with consecutive deliveries, flipping 109 for 2 to 109 for 4 in the 14th over.
Rashid had already bowled superbly giving away only 13 runs in four overs, but with Afghanistan’s quicks misfiring—Abdollah Ahmadzai conceded 50 runs off 4 overs—Bangladesh rode out the turbulence.
Saif cooled the chase with a maiden against Rashid, then resumed, lifting to a fifty off 32 balls. Nurul Hasan (10* off 9), who has staked his claim as something of a finisher for Bangladesh in this series, closed out this one too with a lofted six over cover off Ahmadzai.
The clean sweep—Bangladesh’s second in T20Is against Afghanistan—owed as much to the bowlers’ parsimony as to Saif’s clarity under pressure. Saif took Player of the Match; Nasum, whose new-ball and middle-overs control framed all three nights, was named Player of the Series.