Teenage spinner AM Ghazanfar took a career best six-wicket haul to dismantle Bangladesh in the first one-day international in Sharjah as Afghanistan claimed a convincing 92-run win on Wednesday.The 18-year-old grabbed 6-26 in 6.3 overs as Bangladesh crumbled from 132-3 to 143 all out after being set a modest 236-run target.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mohammad Nabi hit 84 off 79 balls after captain Hashmatullah Shahidi made a sedate 52 for Afghanistan, who were dismissed for 235 in 49.4 overs having won the toss and batted first.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Ghazanfar, playing in his sixth ODI, triggered a Bangladesh collapse after skipper Najmul Hossain (47) and Mehidy Hasan (28) had put Bangladesh on track for a successful chase.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Opener Soumya Sarkar also made 33 before the wheels came off for Bangladesh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Once Nabi dismissed Najmul, Ghazanfar came into his own in his fifth over by removing Mehidy, and then claimed three more wickets in his next over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He had Mushfiqur Rahim stumped and trapped Rishad Hossain lbw, both for one, before bowling Taskin Ahmed for a first-ball duck.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Ghazanfar wrapped up the match with the wicket of Shoriful Islam, registering the best figures in all Bangladesh-Afghanistan ODIs, bettering Shakib Al Hasan's 5-29 at Southampton in 2019.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"He is a passionate youngster who always wants to do well," said Shahidi. "When I was batting with Nabi we thought a 230-plus total would be enough with our bowling."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Najmul rued Bangladesh's batting slump and placed part of the blame on himself.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I think my wicket turned the match," said Najmul. "I was the set batsman so when I got out we needed to bat longer but credit to Afghanistan spinners for the way they bowled."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Afghanistan were themselves in trouble at 35-4 before Nabi and Shahidi put on an innings-repairing 104 runs for the sixth wicket to lift the team to a fighting total.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bangladesh's pace duo of Taskin and Mustafizur Rahman both took four wickets each.<\/p>\r\n\r\n