Ibrahim Zadran and Asghar Afghan hit half-centuries while Rashid Khan played a quick cameo after claiming five wickets in an innings, as Afghanistan took command in the one-off Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong on Saturday. The visitors - playing only their third Test in history - reached 237-8 at stumps on the third day, setting a huge target for Bangladesh by taking an overall lead of 374 runs.
Debutant Zadran hit highest 87 off 208 balls for Afghanistan in the second innings while former skipper Afghan made 50 off 108 balls, his second fifty, adding to Bangladesh's frustration. Rashid added 24 off 22 balls before wicketkeeper-batsman Afsar Zazai's unbeaten 34 runs extended Afghanistan's lead.
"Our aim is to get a 400-plus lead. We are just 30-40 runs short, so it will not be easy for Bangladesh to achieve it," Zadran said. "We feel we are 70 percent hopeful of winning the game." Skipper Shakib Al Hasan took three wickets for Bangladesh, including two in the first over of the innings. The Afghan skipper earlier completed his five-wicket to finish with 5-55 as Afghanistan bowled out Bangladesh for 205 runs in the first innings after the hosts resumed the third day's play with 194-8.
SCOREBOARD
Afghanistan first innings 342 (Rahmat Shah 102, Asghar Afghan 92, Rashid Khan 51; Taijul Islam 4-116)
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Bangladesh first innings (overnight 194-8)
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S. Islam c Zazai b Ahmadzai 0
S. Sarkar lbw b Nabi 17
L. Das b Rashid 33
M. Haque c Asghar b Nabi 52
S. Al Hasan lbw b Rashid 11
M. Rahim c Zadran b Rashid 0
Mahmudullah b Rashid 7
M. Hossain not out 48
M. Hasan b Qais 11
T. Islam b Nabi 14
N. Hasan lbw b Rashid 7
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Extras: (b4, lb1) 5
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Total: (all out; 70.5 overs) 205
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Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Shadman), 2-38 (Soumya), 3-54 (Liton), 4-88 (Shakib), 5-88 (Mushfiqur), 6-104 (Mahmudullah), 7-130 (Mominul), 8-146 (Mehidy), 9-194 (Taijul), 10-205 (Nayeem)
Bowling: Ahmadzai 10-2-21-1, Nabi 24-6-56-3, Zahir 9-1-46-0, Rashid 19.5-3-55-5, Qais 8-2-22-1
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Afghanistan second innings
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I. Janat lbw b Shakib 4
I. Zadran c Mominul b Nayeem 87
R. Shah c & b Shakib 0
H. Shahidi c Soumya b Nayeem 12
A. Afghan c Shakib b Taijul 50
A. Zazai not out 34
M. Nabi c Mominul b Mehidy 8
R. Khan b Taijul 24
Q. Ahmad lbw b Shakib 14
Y. Ahmadzai not out 0
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Extras: (b4) 4
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Total: (8 wkts; 83.4 overs) 237
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To bat: Zahir Khan
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Ihsanullah), 2-4 (Rahmat), 3-28 (Hashmatullah), 4-136 (Asghar), 5-171 (Ibrahim), 6-180 (Nabi), 7-210 (Rashid), 8-235 (Qais)
Bowling: Shakib 16-3-53-3, Mehidy 12-3-35-1, Taijul 24.4-5-68-2, Nayeem 17-2-61-2, Mominul 10-6-13-0, Mosaddek 4-1-3-0
Toss: Afghanistan
Umpires: Nigel Llong (ENG), Paul Wilson (AUS)
TV Umpire: Nitin Menon (IND)
Match Referee: Chris Broad (ENG).
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