Afghanistan likewise made two progressions, acquiring Karim Sadiq and Hamid Hassan for harmed Noor Ali Zadran and Dawlat Zadran. Guarding champions Pakistan and five-times previous title holders India have won one match out of their two in the competition. The two batsmen had met up at a stage when Bangladesh spinners were occupied with shutting all getaway entryways, yet they experienced a cautious revamping stage work the 40th over, before blasting in the last 10 to hoard 107 runs - effortlessly their best execution in the last overs. The stand was broken on the penultimate conveyance of the innings when Shenwari was run-out for 81, yet Stanikzai stayed unbeaten on 90 off 103 balls. Bangladesh, who had a firm hold on the processes for 80% of the innings, broke apart in the last 20%.
Rubel Hossain was crushed for 40 in his last four overs, Abdur Razzak and Arafat Sunny were whipped for 25 and 19 in their last two and Ziaur Rahman was taken for 16 as Stanikzai and Shenwari hit 12 fours and four sixes in the last 10 overs, decimating the 88 they scored against Scotland in 2009.sri Lanka have won both their matches.
Groups:
Bangladesh: Mushfiqur Rahim (capt), Anamul Haque, Shamsur Rahman, Naeem Islam, Mominul Haque, Nasir Hossain, Ziaur Rahman, Abdur Razzak, Sohag Gazi, Arafat Sunny, Rubel Hossain.
Afghanistan: Mohammad Nabi(capt), Mohammad Shahzad, Karim Sadiq, Nawroz Mangal, Asghar Stanikzai, Mirwais Ashraf, Samiullah Shinwari, Hamid Hassan, Shapoor Zadran, Amir Hamza, Najibullah Zadran.
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Johan Cloete (RSA)
Television umpire: C. K. Nandan (IND)
Match ref: Chris Wide (ENG)
