Ireland suffered a crushing 81-run defeat against Afghanistan in the second T20I at Bready.
The hosts, beaten by 16 runs on Monday, were chasing a target of 161 to level the three-match series.
They got off to an awful start with Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson and Andy Balbirnie all back in the pavilion by the end of the third over with just nine runs on the board.
William Porterfield led a recovery of sorts but when he fell for a bright 33 off 23 balls Ireland were 46 for four in the ninth over.
Captain Gary Wilson chipped in with 22 before becoming the second of Rashid Khan's four victims, and no one else reached double figures as Ireland were skittled for 79 in 15 overs.
Hazratullah Zazai was the fulcrum of Afghanistan's total of 160 for eight.
The tourists recovered from eight for two with Zazai smashing 82 off 54 balls before falling to George Dockrell.
With the next ball Joshua Little removed Asghar Afghan for 37 but the damage had been done.
Speaking after the match, Wilson was asked if the toss was a crucial factor: "I don’t think when you lose by 81 runs you can point to the toss," he said.
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"Perhaps if you have a 20-run loss or a 10-run loss you could have said batting second was the harder dig.
"We would’ve batted had we won the toss, as early on was the best time to bat.
"The boys will be hurting in there and know that that’s not good enough. When we all come to practice tomorrow I’ll expect everyone to be back up and giving 100%."
The sides will return to Bready on Friday for the third of three T20Is in the current series.
Elsewhere, India wrapped up victory in the third test against England on Wednesday picking up the final wicket needed to secure a 203 run victory at Trent Bridge.
The victory narrows England's lead in the five-test series to 2-1 ahead of next Thursday's fourth test at Southampton.
India needed just 17 balls to get the final wicket with off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin removing James Anderson who gloved a catch to Ajinkya Rahane.
England ended their second innings 317 all out after Jos Buttler's maiden test century on Tuesday provided some cheer in what was a poor batting display against fine Indian seam bowling.
Afghanistan 160-8 (20 overs; H Zazai 82, A Afghan 37; P Chase 3-35, B Rankin 2-14)
Ireland 79 (15 overs; G Wilson 33, W Porterfield 22; R Khan 4-17, M Ur Rahman 3-17)
Afghanistan won by 81 runs
