Desk Report: How has the word spread that Afghanistan is the second best team in Asia in T20? Two days ago, Rashid Khan claimed that the comment was made by the media! The Afghans were eliminated from the group stage in the Asia Cup, losing the T20 series to Bangladesh with one match left on their own field. It is difficult to claim that they are the second best team in Asia with this performance. The United Arab Emirates is second home to Afghanistan. It is difficult to find a…
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Bangladesh clinch series with thrilling win with Sohan-Shariful batting
Desk Report: Nurul Hasan Sohan bowed his head and paid tribute to Shariful Islam. No, not for the bowling, but for the four he hit Azmatullah Omarzai with the first ball of the last over at mid-on. Those four stopped the beating of hearts and brought the taste of winning the series. Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan by 2 wickets in the second T20I in Sharjah today. With this thrilling victory, the series was confirmed with one match to spare. This is the first series win against Afghanistan on foreign soil. The…
Read MoreAfghan coach gives credit to Bangladesh after losing to Sri Lanka
Desk Report: Afghanistan’s Asia Cup mission has ended after losing to Sri Lanka. It is difficult for the team’s head coach Jonathan Trott to accept this. After losing to the Sri Lankans and exiting the tournament, he is giving credit to Bangladesh. Afghanistan had to win against Sri Lanka to go to the Super Four. In such an equation, Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabira lost by 6 wickets. Batting first, the Afghans scored 169 runs at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium. In response, the Sri Lankans reached the victory mark with…
Read MoreBangladesh hopes to bring goods ‘in faith’
Desk Report: Bangladesh team spin consultant Mushtaq Ahmed frequently says one word, ‘believe’. According to him, if you want to do well, you have to believe that you can. He said the word believe so much at the press conference, he himself admitted it yesterday. While leaving the press conference at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi, he slammed the table and said the word believe once again loudly, ‘How can you do well if you don’t have faith, tell me?’ Mushtaq has been working in the Bangladesh team…
Read MoreAfghan coach Googles Bangladesh to find out they didn’t win the Asia Cup
Desk Report: Bangladesh has won the Asia Cup title not once, but multiple times. That was the idea of Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott. However, the journalists did not take the time to correct his mistake at the press conference. Trott therefore resorted to being more certain. After being certain, he was a little surprised. The great attitude towards Bangladesh before the match shows how much respect Trott has for the team’s strength. Whatever his thoughts about Liton and Taskin, it goes without saying that Trott’s team will be mentally ahead…
Read MoreRamiz cleans Pakistan after loss to Afghans
Desk Reports : Haris Rauf took a single off the last ball by pushing Azmatullah Omarzai to long off. Pakistan could only reduce the margin of defeat with this single from Haris. On the other hand, the Afghans took sweet revenge by winning by 18 runs. Whereas the Afghans started the tri-nation T20 series by 39 runs against Pakistan in Sharjah on August 29. Afghanistan won the toss last night in Sharjah and elected to bat first and scored 169 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs.…
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