After conceding an 86-run lead, Afghanistan were bailed out of trouble by Rahmat Shah and debutant Ismat Alam's twin centuries before Rashid Khan worked his magic in the second innings as Zimbabwe failed to chase down a 278-run target. This was Afghanistan's fourth win in Tests against Zimbabwe.
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This was the 25th occasion of no wicket falling in a day and the 21st of just two batters from the same team batting through the day as Afghanistan fought tooth and nail against Ziumbabwe's 586 and reduced the deficit to 161 runs with a couple of days remaining in the Boxing Day Test.
The experienced batter Rahmat Shah scored 91 off 139 balls to single-handedly keep Afghanistan on track for a challenging total in the first innings of the only Test match against Sri Lanka at Colombo's Sinhalese Sports Club Ground.
Bangladesh, playing without a proper seamer, removed openers Ihsanullah (9) and Ibrahim Zadran (21) early with left-arm spinner Taijul Islam snaring both the wickets.
Rahmat Shah had previously scored 98 in Afghanistan's last Test against Ireland in Dehradun.
It marked the end of Asghar Afghan's four-year stint as captain of the Afghanistan team across the three formats.
Afghanistan clinched their maiden Test victory by seven wickets against Ireland at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun.
Rashid Khan, Rahmat Shah and Ihsanullah Janat starred for Afghanistan as they beat Ireland by 7 wickets win their maiden Test match.
Afghanistan were eyeing a much bigger lead before Ireland hit back and claimed the last five wickets for 87 runs in the last session.
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