Live Report - Afghanistan v Bangladesh

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This is Shakib's world...

and we're all just living in it.

I mean, I'll just leave you with our selected ball by ball commentary for his three wickets. And with his figures: 5-1-6-3.

10.5 Shakib Al Hasan to Rahmat Shah, OUT, taken at mid-on. That is a soft dismissal for Afghanistan's best player. Length ball skids on with the arm at off stump. He looks to pull uppishly with the front leg in the leg side. Ends up slicing weakly for the fielder tracking back there

28.1 Shakib Al Hasan to Gulbadin Naib, OUT, brilliant field placing captaincy by Mashrafe! They had a man at short mid-off a little while ago and Liton was moved a touch wider at short extra cover at about yards. The ball has been stopping a touch on this pitch all day with flicks and drives going slightly uppish in the ring and on this occasion Gulbadin laces a flat drive to Liton, who claims a catch at ankle height crouching slightly forward. Shakib erupts, as does the partisan Bangladesh crowd! 8/10 on degree of difficulty due to the pace it came at Liton from short range but it was straight to him on line.

28.3 Shakib Al Hasan to Mohammad Nabi, OUT, Bangladesh's king of the tourney castles the President of Afghanistan! It was a beauty flighted on fourth stump and skidded on with Nabi's technique exposed. He gave a half-hearted stride forward prodding with a gap between bat and pad. The ball clips the inside edge before ricocheting onto leg stump. Shakib is rocking this tournament!

It could have been an over of 'If only'. There was a ball that saw bad cricket from both batsmen and the bowler, Mossadek Hossain.

Hashmatullah Shahidi had tapped the ball into the offside and both he and Gulbadin were ball-watching. Incredibly, they were strolling while ball-watching. Like a blooper reel, they both looked up to see each one was considerably down the pitch. There were gesticulations and a scramble back. Would have been an easy run out at the bowler's end. But where was Mossadek? Standing some metres away from the stumps, and not just that - standing in the line of sight of the cover fielder, Liton Das. Poor Liton had to relay the ball to Mossadek. By the time he turned and took some steps and lunged to break the stumps, the batsman was home. But Liton ended up copping a earful from Mossadek.

That would have been that, except two balls later, perfect drift, flight and glovework to have Shahidi stumped. Afghanistan 79 for 2 in 21 overs.