Overview
- Afghanistan held on for a draw after finishing 346 for 8 in the fourth innings, surviving a 479‑run target in a one‑off Test at Abu Dhabi.
- Sediqullah Atal played a 332‑ball vigil to score a maiden fourth‑innings century of 111 and anchored the resistance for more than eight hours.
- Litton Das scored 53 and 102 for Bangladesh and set a new Test mark by combining nine dismissals behind the stumps with a fifty and a hundred in the same match.
- Rahmat Shah scored an unbeaten 105 in the first innings and 51 in the second, becoming one of the few players to record a century and a fifty on his Test captaincy debut.
- Bangladesh built the position by declaring at 372 for 7 to set 479, but missed chances and determined lower‑order batting, including Qais Ahmad’s unbeaten 49, left victory out of reach.