Afghanistan thrashed Bangladesh by on Wednesday (November 6) to go 1-0 up in the series in Sharjah. Mohammad Nabi's valiant 84 off only 79 and a hard fought 52 off 92 balls from skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi helped Afghanistan get a modest 235 on the board. In reply, Allah Ghazanfar's venomous spell of five wicket-haul to helo Afghanistan go 1-0 ahead.

Allah Ghazanfar ran riot through the Bangladesh middle order and returned with the second best figure for Afghanistan in ODI's. 
Opting to bat first, Afghanistan had a terrible start to start their innings. Taskin Ahmed removed Rahmanullah Gurbaz earlier on. Mustafizur Rahman then had Rahmat Shah cheaply and had Azmatullah Omarzai for a three-ball duck. Afghanistan were reduced to 71-5 after Mustafizur's superb new-ball spell.
Skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi and veteran all-rounder Mohammad Nabi rebuilt the innings.

Shahidi played the second fiddle role and Nabi was the accelerator. The duo added a crucial 104 runs stand to help Afghanistan make a comeback. Shahidi soon departed after his 92-ball fifty but Nabi was there and was smashing things everywhere of the park.

However, Taskin Ahmed removed Nabi after his fantastic 84 off 79 balls. Afghanistan made 235 runs on the board. Taskin Ahmed was the pick of the bowlers as he claimed four wickets, while Mustafizur Rahman too had four wickets as well.

In reply, Bangladesh lost Tanzid Hasan Tamim cheaply. But Soumya Sarkar and skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto stitched 53-run stand before Sarkar departed to Azmatullah Omarzai. And then Shanto and Miraz strung for another 55-run stand and Bangladesh were cruising to the target. Nabi removed Shanto just three short of his fifty.

And then Allah Ghazanfar ran riot over the Bangladesh middle order and chopped them on. Bangladesh lost 4 wickets in just 4 runs and lost the game by 92 runs.