Afghanistan cricket

Spinners help Afghanistan inch closer to famous win

By Shubham Shah September 08, 2019 • 19:15 PM View: 1155

Sep 8 (CRICKETNMORE) Wrist spinners wreaked havoc on Day 4 to take Afghanistan closer to a famous win against Bangladesh, who were at 136/6 and still needing 262 to win in the one-off Test in Chattogram on Sunday.

Skipper Rashid Khan took three wickets while Zahir Khan nabbed two as Bangladesh batters were flattened by their guile.

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