Afif Hossain (80*) and Anamul Haque Bijoy (76) saved the team from that embarrassing loss with the bat and later the bowlers. Bangladesh scored 256 runs for 9 wickets in the last match of the series on Wednesday. In response, Zimbabwe stopped at 151 runs in 32.2 overs. The Tigers won by a big margin of 105 runs.

On this day, Afif played an unbeaten inning of 85 runs off 81 balls and became the man of the match. It is doubtful whether Bangladesh would have collected 250 runs if the all-rounder did not stand up! Afif played an innings of 41 runs off 40 balls in the second ODI as well. Once Mahmudullah Riyad was called ‘Crisis Man’ because of the work he used to do, now Afif’s role is seen as such. This title can be given behind his name?

In response to the journalist’s question, Tamim said, “Don’t give him a name yet. It happens a little faster. He has a unique quality that not many people have. If you look at today’s match or the second match, we were under pressure. But he (batting) took the match away from the opponent.”

Tamim also reminded the risk of batsmen like Afif in the number six position, “One thing is, such a player will often get out while doing the same thing (style of play). Then we or you may say – what did it do! I don’t want him to lose that quality, he wants to bat aggressively and that’s great quality. I know he’s going to have a great career, but it’s a little too early to give him a name right now.”