In the second match on Saturday Bangladesh had no choice but to win to stay in the series. In such a match, the Tigers got a fighting collection with Nazmul Hossain Shanto's fifty, Zaker-Soumya-Nasum's cameo. Then, Shanto's team defended it with great bowling by the bowlers and won.
Bangladesh won after 29 years at the Sharjah International Cricket Stadium with this match.
Today, Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan by 68 runs in the second match of the ODI series in Sharjah. The 3-match series is now tied 1-1. Bangladesh batted first and scored 252 runs. Captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto scored the highest 77 runs. In addition, Soumya Sarkar scored 35, Zaker Ali Anik 37 and Nasum Ahmed scored 22 runs.
In reply, Afghanistan was stopped for 184 runs. Nasum Ahmed took 3 wickets for Bangladesh. Mehedi Hasan Miraj and Mustafizur Rahman took 2 wickets each.