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Taskin's four orchestrates late collapse

Tamim Iqbal gave Bangladesh a fluent start in their first ODI in 2016  Raton Gomes/BCB
Imrul Kayes contributed 37 in an 83-run stand for the second wicket with Tamim  Associated Press
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Mohammad Nabi had Kayes playing on in the 19th over...  Associated Press
... but Tamim and Mahmudullah went on to score half-centuries  Associated Press
Mirwais Ashraf, the medium-pacer, broke the thriving stand when he dismissed Tamim for 80  Associated Press
Shakib Al Hasan then flickered briefly, making 48 off 40 balls  Associated Press
But Bangladesh lost their last seven wickets for 62 and were dismissed for 265. Dawlat Zadran finished with four wickets  Associated Press
Mohammad Shahzad biffed 31 off 21 balls to get the chase off to blistering start  Associated Press
Shahzad was caught behind off Mashrafe Mortaza, before Shakib sent back Shabir Noori, who had played second fiddle in the 46-run opening stand  Associated Press
Rahmat Shah and Hashmatullah Shahidi got the chase back on track with a 144-run third-wicket stand  Associated Press
Rahmat fell with Afghanistan 76 away from the target, but with Shahidi still around, all hope wasn't lost  Associated Press
Shahidi perished 19 balls later, having top-scored with 72. Following his departure, Afghanistan's chase went off track as the asking rate rose  Associated Press
Taskin Ahmed was chiefly responsible for the collapse at the end as he scythed through the lower order to finish with 4 for 59 in eight overs, after defending 13 in the last over. Afghanistan were bowled out for 258 and lost by seven runs  Associated Press
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