Bangla beat Afghanistan by 62 runs

Manchester: Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 62 runs in their World Cup match to register their third win in the tournament. Put into bat at the Hampshire Bowl, Bangladesh posted 262 for seven wickets after wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim topscored with 83 and Shakib Al Hasan (51) reclaimed his position as the tournament’s leading scorer. Off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman was the pick of the Afghan bowlers claiming 3/39. Shakib (5/29) then returned to help Bangladesh skittle out Afghanistan for 200 in 47 overs to banish them to their seventh successive defeat. Shakib said, “I think the five wickets gave me greater pleasure. I had to work really hard for the fifty. Mushfiq played an important knock, without him we wouldn’t have got the runs.” Agencies