Mahmudullah rescued Bangladesh by playing a brilliant innings of 98 runs in the third match of the ODI series being played against Afghanistan and helping the team reach a total score of 244.
38-year-old Mahmudullah performed brilliantly in this match and after losing 4 wickets for 66 runs. He made an important partnership with Mehidy Hasan Miraz and scored 98 runs.
Mahmudullah missed the century by two runs due to being run out in this match. Rahmat Shah and Gurbaz showed Mahmudullah the way to the pavilion.
Mahmudullah has played 235 ODIs for Bangladesh in which he has scored 5489 runs and taken 82 wickets. He has also played 50 Test matches and 141 T20 matches for Bangladesh. He is a very experienced player in the Bangladesh team.
After losing the first match of the series against Afghanistan, the Bangladesh team made a brilliant comeback in the second match and defeated Afghanistan by 68 runs. In the third match, the Bangladesh team set a target of 245 runs for Afghanistan to win.
Due to Mahmudullah’s important innings, Bangladesh was able to set a fighting total against Afghanistan. If the team bowls well in this match, then it can win the third and decisive match against Afghanistan.
AFG Playing XI
IA Khil, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), R Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Sediqullah Atal, Nangeyalia kharote, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Allah Mohammad
BAN PlayingXI
Jaker Ali (wk), Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Nazmul Hossain Shanto (C), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed
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