Bangladesh 155 for 8 (Litton 60, Afif 25, Farooqi 2-27) beat Afghanistan 94 (Zadran 27, Nasum 4-10, Shoriful 3-29) by 61 runs
Nasum Ahmed's powerplay blitz with the ball ended Bangladesh's eight-match losing streak in T20Is, as they convincingly beat Afghanistan in the first of the two T20Is at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, where, for a change, the pitch didn't have too much venom for the spinners. It made Nasum's effort even more outstanding, as he ripped through the Afghanistan top order with figures of 4-0-10-4, as captain Mahmudullah smartly bowled him out within the first seven overs of their defense to keep the visitors under pressure.
Bangladesh's catching also stood out in their first match in front of a full-house home crowd in two years, after they held on to nine catches - the joint-most by them in a white-ball match. This, despite the ball falling just wide of Nasum in the second ball of Afghanistan's chase, Munim Shahriar dropping a simple catch in the second over and Litton Das missing out on a relatively difficult chance.
Source: ESPNcricinfo