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Bangladesh suffered a crushing 200-run defeat in the third and final ODI against Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, conceding a 3-0 whitewash. Chasing 294, the Tigers collapsed for just 93 in 27.1 overs. Opener Saif Hassan was the only batter to reach double figures, making 43 off 54 balls. Bilal Sami’s career-best 5-33 and Rashid Khan’s 3-12 wreaked havoc as Bangladesh endured their lowest total of the series to cap a miserable campaign marked by poor batting. Earlier, Afghanistan posted 293 for nine, built around Ibrahim Zadran’s 95 and Mohammad Nabi’s explosive 62 not out off 37 balls. “We accept that we haven’t played well in this series. We are not getting the runs, we had opportunities but we didn’t take it. Everybody accepted that we are not playing well. They have a good bowling attack but we have to handle it. We have to take responsibility in the top and middle order and then towards the end. We will talk about how we can get better,” said Bangladesh captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz.