Spinner Rashid Khan celebrated his 20th birthday in style by producing a stunning all-round display as Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by 136 runs in an Asia Cup match here on Thursday. Rashid smashed an unbeaten 57 off just 32 balls in a superb counter-attacking batting display to take Afghanistan to a competitive 255 for 7 after opting to bat. Bangladesh eventually were all out for just 119 in 42.1 overs.Afghanistan will enter the Super Four stage with confidence after having won both their group matches. The first boundary for Bangladesh came in the 15th over, and that happened after another senior player Mahmudullah came in. Shakib and Mahmudullah tried to build the innings as they grafted for runs.In fact, the whole of the Bangladesh innings had just five boundaries.Rashid was introduced in the 22nd over and soon he broke the partnership of Shakib and Mahmudullah in his second over itself.

Source: Economic Times September 20, 2018 18:45 UTC