If you put the rest of the numbers side by side, excluding Saif Hasan’s run alone, it would make a beautiful phone number. Except for Saif Hasan, no batter could stand in front of the Afghan bowling. The Bangladesh team’s cricketers created a wonderful procession of coming and going between the dressing room and the wicket.

In the end, this procession plunged Bangladesh into a huge shame. In response to Afghanistan’s 293 runs, Bangladesh was all out for just 93 runs in 27.1 overs. Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh by a huge margin of 200 runs. At the same time, Afghanistan whitewashed Bangladesh 3-0 in ODI cricket.

Afghanistan won the series 3-0 by thrashing Bangladesh by 200 runs in the third and final ODI held in Abu Dhabi. Batting first, Afghanistan scored 293 runs. In reply, Bangladesh were bowled out for just 93 runs.

Afghanistan opened their innings at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi after winning the toss and opting to bat. Ibrahim Zadran played a patient innings of 95 runs. He missed his century by just 5 runs. Along with Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s 42-run innings, the Afghans got a solid foundation of 99 runs in the opening innings.

Zadran then added another 74 runs for the second wicket with Sediqullah Atal. At one stage, Afghanistan, who were 173 for 1, suddenly collapsed under Saif Hasan’s off-spin – they lost 4 wickets for 15 runs off 25 balls.

But in the end, Mohammad Nabi stormed. After scoring 24 runs off 25 balls, he took another 38 runs in the last two overs! In the last over, Nabi scored 19 runs with three fours and a six off Hasan Mahmud. He ended up unbeaten on 62* off 37 balls. Afghanistan collected 293 runs for the loss of 9 wickets.

In reply, Bangladesh batsmen started to struggle from the start. Young pacer Bilal Sami started the attack with the ball, who bowled his best in his career. He took the first 5 wickets of his career. His bowling figures were 5/29.

But the real blow came from Rashid Khan. He took three wickets in just three overs and destroyed Bangladesh’s batting. His first ball saw Towhid Hridoy return empty-handed, followed by Saif Hasan (43) and Nurul Hasan who also misjudged his googly.

Bangladesh’s only fighting innings came from Saif Hasan’s bat – 43 runs off 54 balls, which included two fours and three sixes. After that, the rest of the batters retreated one by one, ending the Tigers’ innings at 93 runs off the first ball of the 28th over.