I would not say that the Bangladesh team's performance was very good today. But I don't think that Bangladesh will win this match after giving more than 150 targets to Afghanistan. Bangladesh won only on the performance of Shakib, Hridoy, and Shamim.
A target of 155 runs is big enough on such a pitch. And Bangladesh lost the first three batsmen of their top order for just 39 runs. They also lost the wicket of Shakib while collecting 64 runs. After that responsible batting by the duo of Towhid Hridoy and Shamim paved the way for Bangladesh to win. Hridoy remained unbeaten on 47 runs and Shamim played an innings of 33 runs.
Both teams in level with Bangladesh bowlers done good job in early overs and have good wickets which bring Afghanistan under pressure but still their veteran all-rounder Mohammad Nabi done good job and bring his team at decent score while they were having 87 for 5 there was no chance to have target like this but good job from tail-enders done good job.
But while chasing Bangladesh were also decent which allow them to have game into their favour, Towhid Hridoy and Shamim Hossain ends all Afghani hopes for the win and have lead in this series.
Last over hat-trick from Karim Janat bring some thrill into the match, but there was not enough chance for the Afghanistan to have anything positive from here now second match is going to be had tough fight.
The way Afghanistan started their innings I thought they would end their innings by 130. But they managed to set a decent target of 155 runs. I would say the performance of the Afghanistan batsmen was quite good. Had Rashid Khan batted a little better, Afghanistan could have given a target of 170.
Bangladesh could not start their innings well. But in the end, they won. Azmatullah Omarzai batted well. He scored 33 runs. However, Afghanistan did not get better bowling from Azmatullah. He gave 34 runs in 3 overs. This is also one of the reasons for Afghanistan's defeat.
Bangladesh needed only 6 runs in the last over. And due to a boundary in the first ball, Bangladesh needed only 2 runs in the last 5 balls to win. After losing three wickets in a row, it was not difficult for Bangladesh to win.
