Afghanistan fought again after Bangladesh made a flying begin to attain 317-8 at stumps of their first innings on the opening day of their one-off Check on the Zayed Cricket Stadium at Abdu Dhabi on Friday.
Opener Tanzid Hasan struck a blistering 83 off 71 balls as Bangladesh raced to 134-1 by lunch after electing to bat first.
Nevertheless, Afghanistan tightened their bowling within the center session, triggering a collapse earlier than the Tigers recovered by means of Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan Miraz.
Bangladesh misplaced 4 wickets within the second session to slide to 226-5 at tea, with three of these dismissals coming for simply 4 runs.
Shadman Islam made 67 off 111 balls, whereas Mominul Haque contributed 39 from 70 deliveries. Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto chipped in with 29 off 42 balls earlier than falling to Qais Ahmad, and skilled batter Mushfiqur Rahim was bowled by Yamin Ahmadzai for a seven-ball duck.
Tanzid, who hit eight fours and 4 sixes, had regarded set for a second Check century earlier than Ismat Alam induced an edge that was caught by wicketkeeper Ikram Alikhil, ending a 124-run opening partnership.
Afghanistan continued to chip away on the Bangladesh batting line-up, however Litton and Miraz steadied the innings with a 62-run partnership for the sixth wicket.
Miraz was bowled by Ismat for twenty-four off 67 balls, bringing an finish to the stand, earlier than Litton reached his twenty first Check fifty. The wicket-keeper batsman scored 53 off 89 deliveries, together with 4 fours, however fell to Mohammad Saleem.
Saleem then bowled Hasan Mahmud for 2 to assert his third wicket and go away Bangladesh eight down.
Nayeem Hasan remained unbeaten on 11, whereas Taijul Islam was not out on 4 because the guests reached 317-8 after 84 overs.
Saleem completed with 3-70, whereas Ismat claimed 2-20 from 12.4 overs. Yamin gave early breakthroughs and he completed the day with 2-62.
The competition marks Bangladesh’s first-ever Check at a impartial venue, with Afghanistan trying to construct on their late restoration when play resumes on Saturday.