Bangladesh beat Afghanistan in the 1st ODI in Chittagong on Wednesday.© AFP
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, 1st ODI, highlights: Bangladesh scripted one of their most famous and inspirational win as they overcame Afghanistan by four wickets in the first ODI of a three-match series in Chittagong on Wednesday. Afif Hossain and Mehidy Hasan stitched together an unbroken stand of 174 runs for the seventh wickets to hand their side the most unlikeliest of wins. Afif was unbeaten on 93 while Hasan was there at 81 runs till the end. Earlier, Bangladesh were off to a terrible start in their chase as they lost early wickets while responding to Afghanistan’s total of 215. Earlier, Najibullah Zadran top-scored with 67 as Afghanistan posted a total of 215. Mustafizur Rahman picked 3/35 for Bangladesh. Earlier, Bangladesh included uncapped opening batsman Munim Shahriar in their 14-man Twenty20 squad for a two-match series against Afghanistan next month. Shahriar, 23, made 178 runs in six matches at a strike rate of 152 for Barishal in the recently-concluded Bangladesh Premier League T20 tournament. Test batsman Yasir Ali, yet to make his white-ball debut, has been included. Liton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan all return after missing Bangladesh’s last Twenty20 series against Pakistan in November. Opener Najmaul Hossain and wicketkeeper-batsman Nurul Hasan were dropped. (SCORECARD)
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