Afghanistan Vs Bangladesh (Afghanistan Cricket Team vs Bangladesh Cricket Team) Live Cricket Score: Hello and a very warm welcome to CNN-News18 CricketNext’s coverage of the first of the three T20Is between Afghanistan and Bangladesh live from the Sharjah Cricket Ground.
Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan was asked an interesting question about his side being the ‘second-best team in Asia’. Rashid didn’t seem too happy with it, calling it a media tag that had prompted people to make fun of his team instead of truly understanding the reasons behind their exit in the Asia Cup group stage.
One can expect those underlying frustrations to come to play here. Bangladesh was the rising team for decades before being usurped by Afghanistan, a team that was nowhere on the cricketing map 15 years ago. Can Jaker Ali’s men show that they are still better, and that their narrow win over the Afghans was not an aberration for this year? It’ll all come down to consistency, and the team that achieves that will win it.
Toss: Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bat first.
Afghanistan Vs Bangladesh Squads
Afghanistan (Playing 11): Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Sediqullah Atal, Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli, Mohammad Ishaq, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Rashid Khan (captain), Noor Ahmad and Fareed Ahmad Malik
Bangladesh (Playing 11): Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Parvez Hossain Emon, Saif Hassan, Jaker Ali (wicketkeeper, captain), Nurul Hasan, Shamim Hossain, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Nasum Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman
