Bangladesh started with a win in the Emerging Asia Cup. Bangladesh 'A' team easily defeated relatively weak Hong Kong. But this time Tiger batters could not do much against Afghanistan 'A' team. Even the bowlers could not fight with little capital. Bangladesh lost to Afghanistan by 4 wickets.

Bangladesh A team scored 164 runs losing 4 wickets in scheduled 20 overs after losing the toss and batting first at Oman's Al Amerat Cricket Ground. Eamon scored 54 runs off 32 balls for the team. In response, Afghanistan reached the port of victory by losing 6 wickets in 19 overs.

Chasing the target of 165 runs, Afghanistan did not start well. Bangladesh squeezed the Afghans with the new ball. They sent back two of the Afghan top-order batsmen within 24 runs. Karim Janat also could not benefit by going down to four. Afghanistan lost the third wicket for 52 runs when this experienced batsman returned with 9 runs from 13 balls.

But then Afghanistan turned around. Sadiqullah Atal pulled the team along with Shahidullah. The pair broke when Shahidullah returned with 19 runs. But by then the control of the match was in the hands of the Afghans. After that Mohammad Ishaq and Sharfuddin Ahmed returned quickly. However, Atal did not let the effect of that fall on the run rate.

Atal stormed at one end. Afghanistan reached the port of victory with 5 balls in hand with his 55-ball unbeaten innings of 95 runs. Alis Al Islam and Ripon Mondal got 2 wickets each for Bangladesh.

Bangladesh 'A' team did not start well before coming to bat. Zeeshan Alam managed to score only 4 runs from 7 balls to open the innings. The opener, who suffered from the start, finally returned to the dugout after being bowled by Bilal Sameer.

But another opener Eamon batted brilliantly. This opener created a storm at one end. Eamon got his personal fifty off just 26 balls. He could not go further after reaching the milestone. He returned to Sajghar with 54 runs from 32 balls with 4 boundaries and 4 sixes.

Bangladesh could not use the foundation built by Eman. Especially the middle order batsmen Saif Hasan and Akbar Ali quickly returned and reined in the runs of the Afghans.

After losing 4 wickets before the team's century, Bangladesh turned around in the fifth wicket pair. Tawhid Hriday and Shamim Hossain added unbroken 70 runs from 45 balls. Bangladesh scored 150 runs. Hriday was unbeaten on 42 runs. And Shamim scored 38 runs.