BANGLADESH vs AFGHANISTAN / ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 Highlights

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 Highlights: BAN defeats AFG by 6 wickets

CRICKET WORLD CUP 2023

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 Highlights: Batting first, Afghanistan set Bangladesh a target of 157 runs to chase down, which the latter achieved in 34.4 overs.
Bangladesh's Mehdi Hasan Miraz (R) scores a half-century with his teammate Najam Hussain Shanto during the 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup One Day International (ODI) match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association. 50 runs) are celebrating after scoring. Stadium in Dharamshala on 7 October 2023.

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 Highlights

Shakib-ul-Hasan-led Bangladesh chose to bowl first against Hashmatullah Shahidi-led Afghanistan at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala on October 7 and took the opposition for 6. Defeated by wickets. This is Bangladesh's biggest win in terms of balls remaining in the World Cup. The previous best was 52 against the Netherlands in the 2011 World Cup.

In the last five matches, Afghanistan have won three occasions against Bangladesh with a 3-2 record. They lost the last two matches against the Bangladeshi side.'

This could be the last World Cup for Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah.

With the victory, Bangladesh have won their third consecutive World Cup campaign opener, having previously beaten Afghanistan (in 2015) and South Africa (in 2019).

Match Highlights

After winning the toss, Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan decided to bowl.

Despite a steady start, with openers Rehmanullah Garbaz (47) and Ibrahim Zadran (22) keeping the momentum going, things began to deteriorate for Afghanistan as they kept losing wickets at quick intervals. By 37.2 overs, all the Afghan batsmen had sat in the pavilion, the team's score was 156.

On behalf of Bangladesh, Shakib Al Hasan and Mehdi Hasan Miraz took three wickets each, Sharaful Islam took two wickets while Mustafizur Rehman and Tasin Ahmed took one wicket each.

Chasing the target of 157 runs, Bangladesh lost a few wickets but Mehdi Hassan Miraz (57) and Najamul Hussain Shanto (59) steadied the innings and defeated the team by 6 wickets in just 34.4 overs.

So far in 16 matches, Bangladesh have defeated Afghanistan 10 times and Afghanistan have won six.

The final scorecard is:

Bangladesh Batting

Tanzid Hasan 5(13)

Litton Das 13(18)

Mehidy Hasan Miraz 57(73)

Najmul Hossain Shanto* 59(83)

Shakib Al Hasan 14(19)

Mushfiqur Rahim* 2(3)

Afghanistan Bowling

Fazalhaq Farooqi 1/19(5)

Mujeeb Ur Rahman 0/30(7)

Naveen-ul-Haq 1/31(5.4)

Rashid Khan 0/48(9)

Mohammad Nabi 1/18(6)

Azmatullah Omarzai 1/9(2)

Afghanistan Batting

Rahmanullah Gurbaz 47(62)

Ibrahim Zadran 22(25)

Rahmat Shah 18(25)

Hashmatullah Shahidi 18(38)

Najibullah Zadran 5(13)

Mohammad Nabi 6(12)

Azmatullah Omarzai 22(20)

Rashid Khan 9(16)

Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1(4)

Naveen-ul-Haq 0(6)

Fazalhaq Farooqi* 0(3)

Bangladesh Bowling

Taskin Ahmed 1/32(6)

Shoriful Islam 2/34(6.2)

Mustafizur Rahman 1/28(7)

Shakib Al Hasan 3/30(8)

Mehidy Hasan Miraz 3/25(9)

Mahmudullah 0/7(1)