Liton Das struck a hundred and shared a record 202-run stand with Mushfiqur Rahim to set up an 88-run win for Bangladesh in the second one-day international against Afghanistan in Chittagong on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Liton's 136 off 126 balls guided the hosts to 306-4 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, before they bowled out the visitors for 218 to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mushfiqur hit 86 off 93 balls to play his part before Taskin Ahmed (2-31) and Shakib Al Hasan (2-38) combined with other bowlers to wrap up the Afghanistan innings in 45.1 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Afghanistan lost their first three wickets cheaply and were facing humiliation at 34-3 before Najibullah Zadran (54) and Rahmat Shah (52) lifted them with an 89-run stand for the fourth wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But Taskin bowled Shah to break the partnership and then dismissed Zadran to put Bangladesh firmly in control.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bangladesh had been in early trouble when they opted to bat only for left-arm pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi to trap Tamim Iqbal leg-before for 12 and Rashid Khan to get rid of Shakib (20) off his second ball.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But Liton and Mushfiqur steadied the ship.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Liton brought up his fifth ODI century with a four off Rashid and hit 16 fours and two sixes in his innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fareed Ahmad dismissed Liton and Mushfiqur off successive deliveries but not before they surpassed Bangladesh's previous highest third-wicket ODI partnership of 176 runs, set by Tamim and Mushfiqur against Pakistan in 2015.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"The partnership Liton and Mushy created was amazing," said Bangladesh captain Tamim. "Though we did not finish well with the bat the bowlers did the job for us."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fareed finished with 2-56 for Afghanistan, playing his first match in the series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We conceded a few too many in the early overs and then that partnership between Mushy and Liton took the game away from us," lamented Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
It was the second Bangladesh partnership record of the series after a seventh-wicket stand between Afif Hossain and Mehidy Hasan took them to a four-wicket victory in the first match on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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