Bangladesh couldn’t capitalise on a strong platform provided by Tamim Iqbal and Sabbir Rahman as they overcame a middle-order stutter to finish with 279 for 8 after electing to bat. Mahmudullah came to their rescue with a cameo 32 to leave Afghanistan having to achieve their highest-successful chase in ODIs to win the series. Afghanistan were very poor in the field. It started in the third over when Asghar Stanikzai, the Afghanistan captain, put down a sitter to reprieve Tamim on 1. Overthrows, misfields and run-out opportunities were regularly missed as Tamim and Sabbir Rahman, who struck his third half-century, put together 140 for the second wicket.