The visitor team Afghanistan batted first after winning the toss and scored 215 runs all out in 48.5 overs. Najibullah Zadran was the most runs scorer, he scored 67 runs off 84 deliveries. He completed his innings with the help of two 6s and four boundaries. Rahmat Shah added 34 runs to his team’s scorecard. The captain of the Afghanistan team Hashmatullah Shahidi contributed 28 runs. Mohammad Nabi 20, Ibrahim Zadran 19, and Gulbadin Naib 17 runs. Mustafizur Rahman dismissed three Afghani batsmen. Taskin Ahmed, Shakib Al Hasan, and Shoriful Islam these three Bangladeshi bowlers took two wickets each.
Afghanistan have won the toss and will bat first.
In the 216 runs chase, the home team lost their six wickets with just 45 runs on the board. The captain and the opener of the team Tamim Iqbal scored just 8 runs and out. Litton Das has gone with scoring just a single, Shakib Al Hasan 10, Mushfiqur Rahim † 3, Yasir Ali duck, Mahmudullah 8. After six wickets down it was looking unreachable target for the home side. But! Afif Hossain and Mehidy Hasan Miraz batted brilliantly today. Mehidy Hasan Miraz scored 81 runs not out and Afif Hossain 93 not out, could you believe it?
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Bangladesh vs Afghanistan 1st ODI Highlights today, Wednesday 23-2-2022 – 1st ODI (D/N), Afghanistan tour of Bangladesh from Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram.
Bangladesh team: 1 Litton Das, 2 Tamim Iqbal (c), 3 Shakib Al Hasan, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Yasir Ali, 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Afif Hossain, 8 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 9 Shoriful Islam, 10 Taskin Ahmed, 11 Mustafizur Rahman.
Afghanistan team: 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Ibrahim Zadran, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), 5 Najibullah Zadran, 6 Gulbadin Naib, 7 Mohammad Nabi, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 10 Yamin Ahmadzai, 11 Fazalhaq Farooqi.
Match Timings: 05:00 GMT | 11:00 Local
Umpires – Gazi Sohel, Masudur Rahman
TV Umpires – Tanvir Ahmed
Match Referee – Neeyamur Rashid
Reserve Umpire – Morshed Ali Khan
Match number – ODI no. 4357
