Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat first against Afghanistan in the second and last T20I at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday.
Thursday’s 61-run win was Bangladesh’s first T20 victory after suffering five straight losses in the T20 World Cup in UAE last year and then getting hammered by Pakistan 3-0 at home.
Although the margin of victory against Afghanistan looked good, Bangladesh suffered hiccups with four top-order batsmen falling cheaply (80/4) in the 11 overs.
However, Bangladesh were rescued by a fighting 60 off 44 balls by Litton Das as they ended at 155 for eight after opting to bat first. Afghanistan's batting inconsistency returned to haunt them and they were all out for 94. This was the second time Bangladesh had bundled out Afghanistan under 100 runs.
Bangladesh found a bowling hero in slow left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed, whose figures of 4-0-10-4 broke the back of the Afghan batting. Afghanistan crashed to 20 for 4, never to recover at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.