Afghanistan are on cloud nine after ir second Test victory over Banglesh, thanks to an all-round show from newly-appointed skipper Rashid Khan. youngest Test captain picked up 11 wickets and smashed a half-century to help Afghanistan upset Tigers in ir home ground. Afghanistan defeated Banglesh by 224 runs in ir one-off test, decimating latter and handing m a bitter defeat. Afghanistan have achieved a rare feat and have beaten likes of criceting nations like India, New Zealand and Banglesh as y picked up p ir second Test victory. 

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Afghanistan take just three matches to register two victories

As new entrants to longer format of game, Afghanistan first stunned world by pulling off a win against Ireland in ir maiden Test contest. underdog side picked up ir second victory after defeating Banglesh bya huge margin. With this win, Afghanistan registered a rare feat by winning two matches from just three Test games played while India, New Zealand and Banglesh took as many as more than 30 games to register two victories. Former Indian cricketer and commentator Aakash Chopra took to micro-blogging social media website to put out stats and inform fans about Afghanistan's achievement. former Indian cricketer lauded efforts of team and wished m luck for future. See tweet here:

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Afghanistan's second test win

Winning toss and choosing to bat first, Afghanistan me 342 runs before y were bowled out, and in response, Banglesh scored 205 runs as y were bowled out as well. Afghanistan scored 260 runs in second innings, setting a target of 398 for home side to win test match. However, y could t match bowling attack, spearheed by young captain as he picked up six wickets, limiting home side to just 173 runs. last day was marred by rains, as two sessions were washed out and only about one hour of play was left in day. Afghanistan me full use of time available as wickets started falling. Khan completed rout as he bowled to Soumya Sarkar, who was batting till very end as ball took an inside edge, struck his ps, went into air and in hands of fielder at short leg. match also marked  final test match for Mohamm Nabi, who received a guard of hour. 

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In post-match ceremony, Khan said, "We are new to this format, so credit goes to coaching staff for ir support. Everyone applied mselves and stuck to ir plans. Credit goes to batsmen who batted so well in first innings and youngsters for way y bowled. He signed off with a tribute to Nabi, dedicating award to Man of Match award to him, "Legend Nabi h his last game, he's helped us a lot and I thank him for his contribution to Afghanistan. I would like to dedicate this Man of Match award to him". Shakib Al Hasan, when asked for reason for defeat said, "I think it's a combination of application of our batsmen and Afghanistan bowling. We need to do a lot of hard work to become a good, consistent team. After playing for 20 years, we cant say it's a build-up process. We are playing a Test after quite some time but credit goes to Afghanistan. We need to forget this match as soon as possible and focus on T20 series."

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