Rashid Khan stars as Afghanistan register historic Test win over Bangladesh

By PTI News  |  First Published Sep 9, 2019, 5:43 PM IST

In only his country's third Test match, Rashid Khan took three of the last four wickets to finish with a match haul of 11 wickets, helping Afghanistan bowl out Bangladesh for 173 runs in the second innings

Chittagong: Rashid Khan claimed 6/49 and completed his maiden 10-wicket haul in Test cricket as Afghanistan overcame rain and fading light to crush Bangladesh by 224 runs in the one-off Test in Chittagong on Monday (September 9).

In only his country's third Test match, Rashid took three of the last four wickets to finish with a match haul of 11 wickets, helping Afghanistan bowl out Bangladesh for 173 runs in the second innings.

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With four wickets in hand, the hosts were given 18.3 overs to survive after play resumed in the final session following a rain break but they succumbed with three overs to spare.

Brief scores

Afghanistan first innings 342 all out (Rahmat Shah 102, Asghar Afghan 92, Rashid Khan 51; Taijul Islam 4/116) and 260 all out (Ibrahim Zadran 87, Asghar Afgan 50; Shakib Al Hasan 3/58) beat Bangladesh first innings 205 (Mominul Haque 52; Rashid Khan 5/55, Mohammad Nabi 3/56) and 173 in 61 overs.

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