Asian powerhouses– Bangladesh and Afghanistan– will begin their journey in the 2023 ICC ODI World Cup with a high-voltage face-off on October 7. The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala will host the contest at 2 PM IST on Saturday. As the tournament is being held on Indian soil, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will find the conditions quite familiar with their home surfaces. Both teams recently featured in the Asia Cup and only Bangladesh could get past the group stage. Afghanistan were grouped alongside Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and failed to secure a single win in the continental tournament.
As per the single round-robin format, Bangladesh and Afghanistan took on each other once during the group stage of the Asia Cup. The Bengal Tigers put up a dominant show in the match to clinch an 89-run victory. Mehidy Hasan and Najmul Hossain Shanto notched up centuries to help Bangladesh post a mammoth 335 runs in the first innings. In reply, Afghanistan were bundled out for 245 runs. The Afghan brigade, under the captaincy of Hashmatullah Shahidi, will look to turn the table this time. A victory in the opening fixture will give them a huge confidence boost for the remainder of the World Cup.
Dream11 Prediction:
Fantasy Player Picks for BAN vs AFG
Captain: Rashid Khan
Vice-captain: Shakib Al Hasan
Wicketkeepers: Mushfiqur Rahim, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Batters: Tanzid Hasan, Ibrahim Zadran, Najmul Hossain Shanto
All-rounders: Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Nabi
Bowlers: Taskin Ahmed, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman
BAN vs AFG Probable XIs:
BAN Probable XI: Litton Das, Tanzid Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Shakib Al Hasan (C), Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib
AFG Probable XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen ul Haq
BAN vs AFG Full Squad-
BAN Full Squad For ICC ODI World Cup 2023: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Litton Kumer Das, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Najmul Hossain Shanto (vc), Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nasum Ahmed, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib
AFG Full Squad For ICC ODI World Cup 2023: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Naveen ul Haq
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