India, Sept. 18 -- Afghanistan skipper Rashid Khan on Tuesday lamented that his side had failed to play the type of cricket they are famous for in the Asia Cup after suffering a narrow eight-run loss to Bangladesh in their Group B match here. Despite restricting Bangladesh to a modest 154 for 5, Afghanistan did not bat well enough to go over the line.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (35) did not get any support at the top as a collective batting failure piled up a lot of pressure on the lower order, and despite Azmatullah Omarzai's 16-ball 30 and late hitting from Rashid, Afghanistan fell short. "We were in the game till the end but couldn't finish it off. (To score) 30 (runs) off 18 balls was very gettable. We haven't played the type of cricket we are...