Liton's 136, Mushy's 86 see Tigers post highest-ever total against Afghanistan

Bangladesh reached 306 for four in the second ODI, courtesy of crafty knocks from Liton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim. The Tigers will be disappointed with how they ended the innings. At 45-over mark, the Tigers had two set batters in Liton and the score was 272 for four. But they ended with just 34 runs in the last five overs. Fareed's back-to-back strike to remove both Liton and Mushfiqur saw Afif Hossain (13 off 12) and Mahmudullah Riyad (6 off 9) come on but the latter was unable to finish with a flurry, unable to middle anything at the death end of the innings. Despite that, Bangladesh posted their highest total against Afghanistan, the previous best was 279/8 at Mirpur in 2016. Liton's strokeplay was getting more crafty by the end before he perished to Fareed. Mushfiqur would be disappointed to miss out on a ton. Afghanistan need 307 to win the second ODI to make anything out of the series.

48.6; Ban 302/4: Afif tires to scoop Fareed but doesn't connect as he would have liked to. Man at short fine-leg however drops it after being able to get under it. 

Fareed removes Liton, Mushy in back-to-back deliveries

46.3: Ban 285/4: Mushy tries a ramp shot after Liton's dismissal in the next delivery and finds Farooqi at third-man. Back-to-back wickets for Fareed. He's on a hattrick but Afif defends it. Mushfiqur Rahim c Fazalhaq Farooqi b Fareed Ahmad 86 (93b 9x4 0x6) SR: 92.47

46.2; Ban 285/3: Liton whacks a Fareed slower delivery but finds Mujeeb at square leg. He departs for 136 off 126 deliveries, his second highest score in ODIs. The 202-run partnership between Liton and Mushy was the highest third-wicket partnership for Bangladesh in ODIs, it was also the fifth-highest stand for Bangladesh for any wicket. Liton Das c Mujeeb Ur Rahman b Fareed Ahmad 136 (126b 16x4 2x6) SR: 107.93

Liton picks up fifth ODI ton as Tigers eye big score

40.4 ovrs; Ban 233/2: Rashid flighted it up, perhaps hoping Liton would find a fielder trying to go big. Liton did not shy away and hit Rashid over extra cover to bring up his fifth ODI ton. 100 came up in 107 deliveries. Tigers are motoring along nicely with Mushy unbeaten on 68 at the other end. 

Mushy hits fifty after Liton as Tigers edge towards 200

33.2 ovrs; Ban 185/2: Mushfiqur Rahim has looked sharp all game and brings up his half-century with a slog sweep against Rashid over mid on. Proceeds to hit another one in the fourth delivery of the over to put further pressure on Rashid and Afghansitan. Liton meanwhile is batting at 72 at the other end. The duo also strung together a hundred partnership for the third wicket after Shakib's departure.

24.3 ovrs; Ban 130/2:  Liton pulls away a Nabi delivery to bring up his fifty off 65 deliveries. It's been steady going from Liton as he had to be content with being off strike during long periods this match.

Shakib falls to Rashid as Afghans look to claw back

15.2 ovrs; Ban 83/2: Rashid Khan to Shakib Al Hasan and the leggie has got the better of the star all-rounder from Bangladesh. Pitches in line and deviates just enough for Shakib to miss the line of the delivery and hit the pads. Looked plumb and Shakib is gone. Shakib Al Hasan lbw b Rashid Khan 20 (36b 2x4 0x6) SR: 55.55

Photo: Firoz Ahmed

Liton-Shakib keep things calm after Tamim's wicket

It's drinks at the grounds at 12:13 PM local time as the slow over-rate continues. Just before the break, Omarzai came into the attack and almost picked up the wicket of Shakib as the batter got a top-edge which just went over the head of the bowler and dropped away from his reach. Shakib punched a drive next delivery through cover to reassert his composure. Bangladesh 74 for 1 in 13 overs. 

Tamim departs to Farooqi in similar manner to first ODI

6.2 ovrs; Ban 38/1: Farooqi gets one to tail in after pitching to left-handed Tamim Iqbal and the batter can't get his bat to come across in time as ball raps the pads, Very similar to how Tamim was dismissed in the first ODI. The umpire has given out but Tamim wants to review but doesn't get much luck as ball was hitting stumps . Tamim Iqbal lbw b Fazalhaq Farooqi 12 (24b 2x4 0x6) SR: 50

Wicket-keeper Gurbaz has gone off with injury it appears. Ikram Alikhil has come in to take over respnsibilities. Rashid Khan checked out Liton's bat during the break in play. Bangaldesh 31 for no loss after five overs. 

2.4 ovrs; Ban 20/0: Ball hits the pads. It's Farooqi again. Liton was trying to take leg-before decision out of the equation by going way out of his crease to meet the deliveries. A bit of seam movement for Farooqi and he takes a review after umpire gives not out. Replay shows ball pitched outside leg. Not out decision stands.

Photo: Tamim Iqbal and Hasmatullah Shahidi before toss today. Photo: Firoz Ahmed

Bangladesh have won the toss and elected to bat in the second ODI at Chattogram's Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium today.

Bangladesh have named an unchanged eleven today. They lead the series 1-0 courtesy of a four-wicket win in the first ODI. It will be interesting to see whether it's a good toss to lose for Afghanistan. There were some seam movement on offer for Farooqi in that first ODI that led to Bangladesh's top-order collapse before Afif Hossain and Mehedi Hasan Miraz's record-breaking stand led Bangladesh to victory. 

"Firstly, Chittagong is generally a good pitch. The ball didn't seam much. There wasn't seam movement. You need to bowl quite straight. One or two balls stayed down. Lbws and bowleds come into it. As a batter, you have to hit the ball as straight as possible," Bangladesh coach Russell Domingo had said during yesterday's press conference. 

A few changes in the Afghanistan eleven. Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib and Yamin Ahmadzai did not make the squad. Riaz Hasan, Farid Ahmad and Azmatullah Omarzai come in.

Bangladesh Playing XI: 1 Litton Das, 2 Tamim Iqbal (c), 3 Shakib Al Hasan, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Yasir Ali, 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Afif Hossain, 8 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 9 Shoriful Islam, 10 Taskin Ahmed, 11 Mustafizur Rahman