Bangladesh 129 for 3 (Litton 53*, Shakib 39, Farooqi 2-26) beat Afghanistan 126 (Omarzai 56, Shoriful 4-21, Taskin 2-23) by seven wickets

Taskin got into the act next, when he removed the dangerous Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who made 145 in the previous game, for six. Gurbaz swung his bat at a bouncer, Mushfiqur intercepting that edge with a fine leaping catch over his head. When Shoriful had Mohammad Nabi trapped lbw in the ninth over, it was only the third time Bangladesh had taken the first four wickets with 15 or fewer runs on the board.

Shakib struck next, when he came around the wicket to Najibullah Zadran, trapping him lbw as the left-hander missed a sweep shot. Hashmatullah Shahidi was bolwed by Taijul on the attempted reverse-sweep and by then Afghanistan were reeling at 53 for 6 and going nowhere with close to half their innings completed.

Omarzai looked like the only batter capable of mounting a recovery for the visitors. His 56 off 71 balls included a four and three sixes. He added 36 runs for the ninth wicket with Mujeeb Ur Rahman, over 9.4 overs. He was the last batter out, miscuing a slog off Taskin, with Mohammad Naim taking a good catch in the deep.

With the bat, Naim did himself no favours, falling for an eight-ball duck. The swinging and seaming Fazalhaq Farooqi delivery he fell to was headed way outside the off stump but dragged back on to the stumps by Naim's attempted cut. It was similar to how he chopped on in the second ODI, although that was a shorter delivery.

Farooqi then removed Najmul Hossain Shanto with a ball that took his off stump - Shanto had made a bit of room to drive, but missed. The two were involved in a bit of back-and-forth earlier in the innings, so the send-off was quite loud.

Shakib and Litton calmed things with a 61-run partnership for the third wicket. Shakib struck five fours in his run-a-ball 39, while Litton played a mostly supporting role at the other end. After Shakib departed, he got the job done, completing the chase with Towhid Hridoy who finished unbeaten on 23.