Afghan bowler Hamid Hassan (R) with teammate Karim Sadiq celebrates after taking the wicket of Bangladeshi batsman Anamul Hoque Bijoy during the fifth match of the Asia Cup one-day cricket tournament between Bangladesh and Afghanistan at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah, on the outskirts of Dhaka on March 1, 2014. PHOTO: AFP
FATAULLAH: Fast-rising Afghanistan upset Bangladesh by 32 runs to win their Asia Cup match in Fatullah on Saturday.
Bangladesh never looked settled in their hunt for the target and were finally bowled out for 222 in 47.5 overs
Earlier, Afghanistan rode on brilliant performances from Asghar Stanikzai and Samiullah Shinwari to score 254-6 in their Asia Cup match against Bangladesh at Fatullah on Saturday.
Stanikzai hit an unbeaten 90 off 103 balls while Shinwari smashed 69-balls for 81 during their record sixth wicket stand of 164 runs after Bangladesh won the toss and put Afghanistan in to bat on a slow and dry pitch.
The Stanikzai-Shinwari stand is the third highest partnership for Afghanistan in all one-day internationals and the highest for the sixth wicket.
Stanikzai hit six boundaries and three towering sixes in his highest one-day score while Shinwari smashed 10 fours and a six.
They ran riot in the final 10 overs as Afghanistan added 107 for the loss of Shinwari who was run out off the penultimate delivery.
Afghanistan had lost opener Mohammad Shahzad (two) in the third over of the innings before Karim Sadiq (12) and Najibullah Zadran (21) took the total to 40.
Left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny (2-44), who replaced injured paceman Mashrafe Mortaza, dismissed both in his successive overs.
Nawroz Mangal (24) and skipper Mohammad Nabi (seven) too failed to benefit from good starts as Afghanistan were left struggling at 90-5 in the 27th over.
It was left to Stanikzai and Shinwari to lift the innings.
Sri Lanka have won both their matches while title-holders Pakistan and India have won one of their two matches.
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@Dr Priyanka: Agreed! IPL needs to include a few player from Afghanistan. That would promote cricket in that country, win hearts in that population and yes, they are pleasing to the eyes ;)
Congratulations for our brothers in Afghanistan. Pakistan is glad for Afghanistan's rise in cricket and we are glad we could play a major part of it.
nice effort,,,,
congragulationz , nice start afgans