Dhaka, Oct. 22 -- Bangladesh have a year left before the ODI World Cup, and the tri-nation series in the UAE has shown where the work lies: in two matches, their batters did not reach 200 either time.

Against Afghanistan on Wednesday, the top four were gone inside seven overs and eight of the 11 batters failed to reach double figures.

The 160 all out ended Bangladesh's hopes of reaching the final and gave Afghanistan their fifth consecutive ODI win over them.

Afghanistan chased the target with seven wickets and 87 balls to spare. They will meet Zimbabwe, who beat Bangladesh in the series opener, in the final in Sharjah.

Bangladesh needed to win by at least 41 runs to qualify after stand-in captain Towhid Hridoy won the toss and chose ...