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Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza said that the sides improved performance since the 2015 World Cup should not be forgotten even as they find themselves scrambling to avoid an embarrassing series loss to Afghanistan ahead of the third ODI in Mirpur on Saturday.We definitely have the confidence and belief to win the series, Mashrafe said. I dont think that one defeat will end all the work that we have done and all our achievements so far. We were all obviously disappointed but that doesnt mean that we have forgotten all the good work that we have done. It was a bad day. If we think about that when we get on the field it will be difficult for us, so we are trying to get on the field with a free mentality.He said that Afghanistan would deserve the ODI series win if they go on to beat Bangladesh in the third game, and added that they never took their opponents lightly at any point.[If they win the series] I will feel that they are deserving winners. In the past, we won many matches and people called them upsets, but we didnt accept them as upsets. It is not right. They should definitely get the credit.We never took them as an easy opponent, which was clear after the first game. In the second match our batting collapsed. At one point we recovered, but still we kept losing wickets. We couldnt play our best game.Bangladeshs batsmen have been guilty of throwing their wickets away after spending some time in the middle. While they reached 265 in the first game, Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah got out at the wrong time and Shakib Al Hasan was unable to press on from his 48. In the second game, it was their entire top five - Tamim, Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib - who failed to convert starts to big scores.Perhaps treating a bowling attack from a lower-ranked team with disregard was a contributing factor, especially given how Tamim and Soumya got out in the second ODI. 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SALT LAKE CITY -- Rudy Gobert has signed a multi-year extension to remain with the Utah Jazz, the team announced Monday.The Jazz did not release the details of the deal, but Gobert tweeted a picture of himself signing the paperwork with the caption 4 more years!Gobert was drafted No. 27 overall by the Denver Nuggets in 2013 and traded to the Jazz on draft night.The 7-foot-1, 245-pound center last season averaged career-highs in points (9.1), rebounds (11.0) and blocks (2.2) and has developed into one of the top defenders in the league the last two years. Those numbers have increased to 11.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 2.7 blocks through three games this season. His career average of 2.0 blocks per game ranks third in Jazz history behind Mark Eaton and Andrei Kirilenko.Gobert became the full-time starting center midway through the 2014-15 season when Enes Kanter was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Jazz are 56-44 with him in the starting lineup.Gobert, 24, was set to become a restricted free agent in July, when he could have ssigned an offer sheet with another team.dddddddddddd The Jazz, however, would have had the rights to match that deal and keep him in Salt Lake City.Gobert is considered one of the steals of the 2013 draft and the Jazz have become one of the best defensive teams in the league with him as the centerpiece at the rim. The contract gives Gobert the security of having the deal done and, likely, saves the team a few million that he may have gotten as a restricted free agent.This is also the first step of locking up the teams young core of players. Gordon Hayward is expected to opt out of the final year of his deal after this season and will likely command a max offer. Derrick Favors deal runs through 2017-18.The Jazz recently picked up the team option on the contracts of Rodney Hood, Dante Exum and Trey Lyles. The moves keep the youngest part of the teams nucleus on their rookie deals through the 2017-18 season. ' ' '