Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 61 runs in their first T20I

Bangladesh rode on left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed's career-best 4/12 to bowl out Afghanistan for 94 and seal a crushing win in the first match of a two-T20I series in Dhaka on Thursday (March 3).

Pacer Shoriful Islam grabbed 3/29 and left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan 2/18 to complement the effort of Nasum, who reduced Afghanistan to 20/4 in the fifth over.

Afghanistan failed to recover from the initial blow and eventually were dismissed for 94 in 17.4 overs in reply to Bangladesh's



155/8.

Najibullah Zadran and Mohammad Nabi were attempting a comeback for Afghanistan with a stand of 37 until Nabi hold out for 16, giving allrounder Shakib his 400th white ball wicket.

In his next over, Shakib also dismissed Zadran, who top-scored for 27.

Debutant Azmatullah Omarzai added 20 against Bangladesh’s disciplined bowling

Earlier, Liton Das struck a 44 ball-60 to get Bangladesh started. Afif Hossain scored 25 and debutant opener Munim Shahriar made 17 after they opted to bat first.