Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 546 runs in the test match. This is Bangladesh's biggest Test win, while also the third biggest by any team in international Test history. Earlier, England defeated Australia by 675 runs in 1928, while in 1934, Australia defeated England by 562 runs.
Chasing the target of 662 runs in the second innings against Bangladesh, Afghanistan's team could score only 115 runs. Afghanistan lost the last 5 wickets within 35 runs on the fourth day. Earlier, batting first after losing the toss, Bangladesh declared the innings after scoring 382 runs in the first innings and 425 runs for 4 wickets in the second innings. At the same time, Afghanistan scored 146 runs in the first innings and 115 runs in the second innings.
| Teams | Runs | Against | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 675 | Australia | 1928 |
| Australia | 562 | England | 1934 |
| Bangladesh | 546 | Afghanistan | 2023 |
| Australia | 530 | South Africa | 1911 |
| South Africa | 492 | Australia | 2018 |
Afghanistan lost 3 wickets in 30 runs and 5 wickets in 35 runs in the second innings on the fourth day. Afghanistan's team came out to play ahead of 45/2 on the fourth day, lost the third wicket soon. Nasir Jamal was dismissed on the score of 48 runs of Afghanistan. His wicket was taken by Abadot Hussain by getting caught by wicketkeeper Liton Das.
After Naseer in Afghanistan's second innings, Afsar Zazai and Basir Shah also returned soon. Half the players were out on Afghanistan's score of 78 runs. The players who came after that also could not do anything special and the last 5 wickets fell within 35 runs. In this way, in response to the target of 662 runs, only 115 runs could be scored.
For Bangladesh, Najmul Hossain scored centuries in both the innings. He scored 270 runs. Shanto scored 146 runs in 175 balls in the first innings and 124 runs in 151 balls in the second innings. Moinul Haque was the second top scorer from Bangladesh. He scored 136 runs. Haque remained unbeaten on 15 runs in the first innings and 121 runs off 145 balls in the second innings.
Shoriful Islam and Abodat Hossain were the most successful bowlers from Bangladesh. Both took 5-5 wickets in both the innings. Shorifal Islam took 2/28 in 8 overs in the first innings and 3/28 in 10 overs in the second innings. Abodat Hossain took 4/47 in 10 overs and 1/22 in 7 overs in the second innings.
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