That Afghanistan were pipped to the post was down to Mustafizur Rahman, the Bangladeshi left-arm paceman with a bag of tricks. Afghanistan needed eight off the last over with Samiullah Shenwari and Rashid Khan in the middle. But Rahman sent back Khan second ball and conceded just four runs – including two leg-byes – to give Bangladesh an important victory.

In terms of the bigger picture, the result helped Bangladesh stay in the race for a spot in the final, where India have already confirmed their presence. For Afghanistan, who have now lost close games to Pakistan and Bangladesh, the chances are dim.

“We required eight off six and it was not difficult specially when [Gulbadin] Naib, one of the main batsman in the death overs, was batting,” said Afghan.

“Mustafizur bowled very well, I will give credit to him. He is a good variation bowler, (but) we should have chased this total down. It was going according to our plan. In the last overs, we had wickets in hand. Maybe we should have taken singles or doubles (instead of going for boundaries).

“250 wasn’t a lot on a wicket like that because it was good for batting. When you play against full-member teams, they don’t allow you a lot of mistakes.”

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