Nasum ahmed claimed for wickets while shoriful islam took 3 as Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan by 61 runs in the first of a 2 matchs T20I series at the sher-e-bangla national cricket stadium
Batting first, Bangladesh rode on a half-century from liton das to post a total of 155/8 after a poor start against Afghanistan.
In the replay, Afghanistan batters failed to rise to the occasion and got out tamely without troubling the opposition at all.
Hosts Bangladesh had won the three-match ODI series that preceded the T20I by a margin of 2-1.