Overview
- Bangladesh won the second T20I by two wickets with five balls to spare to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
- Chasing 148, the visitors slipped to 24/3 as Azmatullah Omarzai struck early and finished with 4/23.
- Jaker Ali (32) and Shamim Hossain (33) rebuilt with a 56-run stand before Nurul Hasan closed out the chase with 31 not out off 21.
- Afghanistan posted 147/5 after a 55-run opening stand from Sediqullah Atal (23) and Ibrahim Zadran (38), with late runs from Mohammad Nabi (20*) and Omarzai (19*).
- Nasum Ahmed (2/19) and Rishad Hossain (2/28) applied the brakes in the middle overs after Afghanistan’s brisk start, setting up Bangladesh’s series-clinching win.