Arafat Sunny jolted Afghanistan innings with his double strike removing Karim Sadiq and Najibullah Zadran in suucessive overs to leave them reeling at 43/3 in 13.4 overs.
Bangladesh pacer Rubel Hossain struck early to give Afghanistan first blow as he dismissed opener Mohammad Shahzad.
Hossain justified Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim's decision's to field first in their must-win match.
Bangladesh brought in spinner Arafat Sunny for injured paceman Mashrafe Mortaza who was ruled out of the tournament.
Afghanistan also made two changes, bringing in Karim Sadiq and Hamid Hassan for injured Noor Ali Zadran and Dawlat Zadran.
This will be an interesting battle of the minnows as Bangladesh and tournament-debutants Afghanistan fight it out to stay alive in the Asia Cup after suffering opening losses.
Both the teams are winless after losing their opening matches but not without showing some spark against their respective rivals.
However, Bangladesh, who finished runners-up last time, have quite a few problems to deal with.
Afghanistan showed the stomach for a good fight against Pakistan by stifling their batting with a resolute bowling effort.
Teams:
Bangladesh: Anamul Haque, Shamsur Rahman, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Naeem Islam, Nasir Hossain, Ziaur Rahman, Sohag Gazi, Arafat Sunny, Abdur Razzak, Rubel Hossain
Afghanistan: Mohammad Shahzad, Karim Sadiq, Asghar Stanikzai, Nawroz Mangal, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shenwari, Mirwais Ashraf, Hamid Hassan, Shapoor Zadran, Hamza Hotak
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