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November 27, 2010, Saturday
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SHABBIR Rahaman Roman smashed two sixes in the penultimate over to help Bangladesh to a first Asian Games gold and dash Afghanistan's hopes of a fairytale finish in yesterday's cricket final.
Chasing Afghanistan's 118, the 17-year-old's swashbuckling 33 not out swung the Twenty20 match in Bangladesh's favor and it won with three balls to spare, sparking wild celebrations.
"We played like tigers today," the green-eyed and wiry Rahaman Roman said. "This is the happiest day of my life," added the teenager.
The Afghan cricketers were stonefaced after the loss.
"The Afghanistan people are maybe very sad," said Asghar Stanikzai, his team's top-scorer on the day with an unbeaten 38. "The silver medal is not (a) big medal but it was a good fight."
With the country's expectations weighing on Afghan shoulders to bring home a first Asian Games gold, their opening batsmen appeared nervous at the crease. Kazi Shahadat Hossain's standout fast bowling unsettled the opening order and the first wicket went for just one run.
Diving catch
A great diving catch near the boundary by Nazmul Hossain dismissed vice captain Karim Khan Sadeq.
A gutsy innings by Stanikzai, however, spurred Afghanistan to a respectable 118 after a middle-order collapse threatened to leave the team with a paltry score.
The Bangladeshis, dressed in green, lost their first wicket in the third over when opener Nazim Uddin scooped a high shot into the hands of Samiullah Shinwarai.
The Afghans, who bowled and fielded aggressively, showed their mettle when Mohammed Mithun was run out in the eighth over with a superb throw from the outfield.
With the game poised on a knife edge, however, Rahaman Rohan stepped forward, surviving a close lbw call, before swatting two straight sixes into the pavilion.
In the bronze medal match, Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by six wickets. Pakistan won gold in the women's competition with Bangladesh taking silver.
Chasing Afghanistan's 118, the 17-year-old's swashbuckling 33 not out swung the Twenty20 match in Bangladesh's favor and it won with three balls to spare, sparking wild celebrations.
"We played like tigers today," the green-eyed and wiry Rahaman Roman said. "This is the happiest day of my life," added the teenager.
The Afghan cricketers were stonefaced after the loss.
"The Afghanistan people are maybe very sad," said Asghar Stanikzai, his team's top-scorer on the day with an unbeaten 38. "The silver medal is not (a) big medal but it was a good fight."
With the country's expectations weighing on Afghan shoulders to bring home a first Asian Games gold, their opening batsmen appeared nervous at the crease. Kazi Shahadat Hossain's standout fast bowling unsettled the opening order and the first wicket went for just one run.
Diving catch
A great diving catch near the boundary by Nazmul Hossain dismissed vice captain Karim Khan Sadeq.
A gutsy innings by Stanikzai, however, spurred Afghanistan to a respectable 118 after a middle-order collapse threatened to leave the team with a paltry score.
The Bangladeshis, dressed in green, lost their first wicket in the third over when opener Nazim Uddin scooped a high shot into the hands of Samiullah Shinwarai.
The Afghans, who bowled and fielded aggressively, showed their mettle when Mohammed Mithun was run out in the eighth over with a superb throw from the outfield.
With the game poised on a knife edge, however, Rahaman Rohan stepped forward, surviving a close lbw call, before swatting two straight sixes into the pavilion.
In the bronze medal match, Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by six wickets. Pakistan won gold in the women's competition with Bangladesh taking silver.
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