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Oct 07, 2023 11:01 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score, World Cup 2023: For Bangladesh and Afghanistan, the CWC 2023 provides an opportunity for both teams to punch above their weight as they kick off their World Cup campaign today at the scenic HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala. Bangladesh and Afghanistan are coming off having faced each twice quite recently – first in the Asia Cup and just a few days ago, in one of the World Cup games. On both occasions, Bangladesh emerged victorious, but Afghanistan's tenacity cannot be ruled out entirely, as proven through the 2-1 series win in Chattogram.
They are a rapidly growing cricket team which has pulled off its fair share of upsets. One would have lost count as to how many times Afghanistan have come close to beating a top side, but the finishing touch has always eluded them. Dharamsala boasts the prettiest of all 10 World Cup venues, and with the backdrop of the iconic Dhauladhar range, two underdog teams will start begin their road to the semifinal before a bigger crowd joins in for the much-anticipated India vs New Zealand tie.
For Bangladesh, this is crunch situation. They enter the World Cup sans their No. 1 ODI batter in Tamim Iqbal, who was ruled out due to an injury. That his fallout with BCB and how captain Shakib Al Hasan reacted to the whole saga, pointing fingers at his teammate, and addressing Tamim as 'childish' and 'not a team man', most definitely highlights the tension within the team. Bangladesh's once upward graph has taken a setback due to many reasons – issues within the board, lack of transparency between BCB and players and the mere fact that they had to fall back to Shakib as captain – and the only way they can prove a point is by digging deep and bring to the fore a version of themselves that in the past have tamed big teams. Bangladesh are coming off a series win over New Zealand and have beaten a formidable team like India in three of the last 4 ODIs between these two teams and starting favourites against their Asian neighbours, the Tigers can register a huge tick in their box.
As for Afghanistan, Saturday gives them two opportunities. While one team will battle India for the gold medal at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, the other playing the World Cup will be looking to grab a couple of early points. Naveen-Ul-Haq, returning in the squad for cricket's biggest tournament before retiring at the end of the tournament, will be eager to get some game time before he faces Virat Kohli and India a few days later in Delhi. Afghanistan have lost all five of their previous ODIs, but the inclusion of top players such as Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman holds them in good stead. This would mark Afghanistan's third World Cup and after enduring a winless campaign in the last edition, it's better late than never.
Some key pointers surrounding Bangladesh vs Afghanistan World Cup 2023 match
- Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh 2-1 in a series earlier this year
- Afghanistan are on a five-match losing streak
- Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan in the Asia Cup match and the CWC warm-up tie
- Bangladesh are won both their opening World Cup matches in 2015 and 2019
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Oct 07, 2023 11:01 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: AFG start strong
A short delivery by Taskin, coming at Ibrahim Zadran's chest and he times his pull perfectly to dispatch the ball over the square leg fence.
Mustafizur Rahman joins the attack and he too is hit for a four by Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
Six overs are done as AFG reach 32/0.
Oct 07, 2023 10:53 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: Four
Shoriful Islam pitches it at good length and offers some width, and the ball is whacked for a boundary by Ibrahim Zadran. AFG: 20/0 (4 overs)
Oct 07, 2023 10:47 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: Two boundaries in two overs
Shoriful Islam will share the new ball duties with Taskin.
He bowls the fourth delivery right on Gurbaz's pads, who connects it from the middle of his blade to send the ball in the gap between short mid-wicket and mid-on fielder for a boundary.
Taskin Ahmed continues from other end and bowls a length ball outside off, which is slapped for a boundary by Ibrahim Zadran. AFG: 16/0 (3 overs)
Oct 07, 2023 10:39 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: Good effort by Towhid Hridoy
A full, wide delivery by Taskin and Gurbaz pokes it in the gap on offside. Towhid Hridoy wins the race between him and the ball, and saves it from reaching the boundary ropes. The batters run three.
AFG: 3/0 (1 over)
Oct 07, 2023 10:32 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: Here we go!
Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz walk out to open the innings.
Taskin Ahmed will lead the attack for Bangladesh.
Oct 07, 2023 10:23 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: Pre-match rituals
The players and the umpires walk out in the middle for the pre-match rituals. Live action to start shortly.
Oct 07, 2023 10:17 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: Playing XIs
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Bangladesh: Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Shakib Al Hasan(c), Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman
Oct 07, 2023 10:03 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: TOSS TIME!
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan wins the toss and opts to bowl against Afghanistan in Dharamsala
Oct 07, 2023 09:56 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: We are just 5 minutes away from toss
We are minutes away from the toss in Dharamsala now. We can seen the teams in a huddle now…some last-minute inspiring words there from the senior players, coaches.
Oct 07, 2023 09:45 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: Pace or spin?
Fast bowlers have picked 36 wickets in Dharamsala at 29.77, with an economy rate of 5.01. Spinners, on the other hand, have managed just 17 wickets at 32.76 with an economy rate of 4.74.
Oct 07, 2023 09:40 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: Win the toss and opt to…?
The HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala has hosted eight completed ODI games between 2013 and 2017. Teams batting first have won only two of those matches. This will also be the debut appearance of the two sides at the venue.
Oct 07, 2023 09:35 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: Weather update from Dharamsala
It is partly sunny and cooler in Dharamsala, although a bit of rain is expected in the afternoon, at around 2 to 3pm.
Oct 07, 2023 09:25 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: A look at their 2019 World Cup tie
The narrative in the build-up to it was more interesting than the game. Afghanistan by then had already been knocked out of the World Cup after six losses in six games. Bangladesh, meanwhile, still clung on for dear life with two wins in six matches. When then captain Gulbadin Naib was asked in the pre-match presser to preview the game, he responded with a hilarious remark saying: "Hum toh doobe hain sanam, tumko bhi lekar doobenge."
Well, Shakib and Mushfiqur ensured that Bangladesh stay alive in the contest with their respective fifties en route to a 61-run stand as the team finished with 262/7. Shakib later picked up a five-wicket haul while Mustafizur bagged two as Afghanistan were folded for 200 runs.
Oct 07, 2023 09:17 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: A look at their 2015 World Cup tie
The two met in the seventh match of Pool A in Canberra in the 2015 World Cup. Opting to bat first, Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim sitched a century stand while both notched up their respective fifties to power Bangladesh to 267 run in 50 overs. This was followed by a clinical show from the fast bowlers, led by Mashrafe Mortaza, as the three (Rubel Hossain and Taskin Ahmed) picked five wickets between themselves to fold Afghanistan for just 162 runs in 42.5 overs. Samiullah Shinwari and Mohammad Nabi were Afghanistan's stand out batters with their 40 odd scores, but it was never enough.
Oct 07, 2023 09:01 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: A look at head-to-head ties
The two teams have met each other 15 times in ODI cricket with Bangladesh winning nine of them while Afghanistan won the remaining six. In World Cup encounters, Bangladesh have won both their two meetings against Afghanistan - in 2015 and 2019.
Oct 07, 2023 08:57 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: Bangladesh, watch out for...!
Do you really need the names? Well, it's the usual suspects - the spin combination in Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi. The trio have picked 31 wickets in the nine innings they have played together against Bangladesh where the opposition batters have managed to score barely four runs an over.
Oct 07, 2023 08:47 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: All eyes on the Afghanistan openers
Since the start of 2022, Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz have together smashed 771 runs in 17 innings with two century stands and as many fifties. Only two other opening pairs, among the World Cup participants, have recorded more runs than the Afghan combination. The two have also been Afghanistan's top run-scorers as well this season and hence will be raring to add to their impressive numbers, given the team's hot-and-cold batting show in 2023.
Oct 07, 2023 08:31 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: Fazalhaq Farooqi, the key player for Afghanistan
The left-arm pacer has been solid in the powerplay, picking 18 wickets since the start of 2022 at an economy rate of 4.85 which could just add to Bangladesh's woes. Moreover, he has edge over Litton Das, whom he has dismissed twice in his career in 88 balls for 70 runs.
Oct 07, 2023 08:25 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: Where will Mehidy Hasan Miraz bat for Bangladesh?
In a bid to counter Bangladesh's batting issue in the powerplay, where the team tends to start slow, Mehidy Hasan Miraz was promoted up the order to open for the side in Asia Cup and he scored an unbeaten 112 against Afghanistan in Lahore. So should he be opening? Bangladesh do have Tanzid Tamim who looked impressive in the two warm-up games as an opener scoring 45 against England and 84 against Sri Lanka. Mehidy, in fact, walked in at No, 3 against England to score 74 while he notched up an unbeaten 67 at No. 4 against Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, he has also batted as low as No. 7 and 8 this year for Bangladesh. Mehidy could prove to be the trump card in the game and how Shakib uses him as a batter could reflect on the result as well.
Oct 07, 2023 08:13 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: Could Bangladesh also look at Mustafizur Rahman?
Given Afghanistan's weakness against left-arm pace, Bangladesh could go with Mustafizur in place of Hasan Mahmud. Like Shoriful, he too has picked 10 wickets in seven innings against the opposition and has en edge over batters in Rahmanullah Gurbaz (66 runs in 68 balls, 1 dismiss), Ibrahim Zadran (18 runs in 33 balls, 1 dismissal), Rahmat Shah (25 runs in 35 balls), Najibullah Zadran (36 runs in 36 balls).
Oct 07, 2023 08:03 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: Why Shoriful Islam could play a key role for Bangladesh?
Since August last year, Afghanistan have averaged only 12.31 against left-arm pace in ODI cricket, the least among all member-nations and 10 partcipants at the World Cup. Shoriful, left-arm medium fast, has picked 10 wickets in five innings against Afghanistan in his career, the most he has managed against an opposition. He has dismissed opener Ibrahim Zadran and skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi twice each and has an edge over Rahmat Shah (26 runs in 28 balls, 1 dismissal) and Gurbaz (20 runs in 49 balls, 1 dismissal) as well.
Oct 07, 2023 07:50 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: Why Taskin Ahmed will be Bangladesh's key player in the XI
Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz has been in some fine form in ODI cricket over the last couple of months. Since 2022, he has scored 778 runs in 23 innings at 35 with four centuries and two fifties. 294 runs of his career total of 958 in ODIs have come against Bangladesh, the most he has scored against any opposition in the format, at 49 in 7 innings with two tons.
Taskin has managed to contain Gurbaz in their six encounters in the 50-over game - 28 runs in 59 balls with one dismissal. The right-arm pacer also has an edge over No. 3 batter Rahmat Shah, whom he has dismissed five times in 77 deliveries.
Oct 07, 2023 07:37 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: What will the AFG playing XI look like?
It is rather an easy picking for the Afghanistan side for the match against Bangladesh. Nvaeen-ul-Haq, who will retire from ODIs at the end of this tournament, will form the pace attack alongside Fazalhaq Farooqi and all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai while Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi and Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman will be the three spinners.
Afghanistan's likely XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq
Oct 07, 2023 07:28 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: What will the BAN playing XI look like?
There are three things for captain Shakib Al Hasan to look at, the first of which pertains to the pacer combination. Will Bangladesh pick an experienced campaigner in Mustafizur Rahman, who does know a lot about playing in Indian conditions through his IPL stint? The left-arm pacer warmed the bench through the entirity of the Asia Cup with Bangladesh picking Shoriful Islam and Hasan Mahmud alongside Taskin Ahmed. In he only game, Mustafizur played in the tournament, he picked three wickets against India in the inconsequential match where Bangladesh won.
The other selection headache pertains to the No. 8 position between left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed and offspinner Mahedi Hasan. Shakib will also fret over the batting position of Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who was the biggest positive in their otherwise forgettable Asia Cup campaign.
Bangladesh likely XI: Tanzid Tamim, Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mehidy Hasan, Nasum Ahmed/Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam
Oct 07, 2023 07:17 AM IST
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: A look at the World Cup squads for the two teams
Afghanistan Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Azmatullah Omarzai, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad, Riaz Hassan, Abdul Rahman, Ikram Alikhil
Bangladesh Squad: Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan(c), Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mahmudullah, Towhid Hridoy, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib
Oct 07, 2023 07:07 AM IST
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