Afghan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2016–17

Afghan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2016–17
	Bangladesh	Afghanistan
Dates	23 September – 1 October 2016
Captains	Mashrafe Mortaza	Asghar Stanikzai
One Day International series
Results	Bangladesh won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Tamim Iqbal (218)	Rahmat Shah (107)
Most wickets	Taskin Ahmed (7)	Rashid Khan (7)
Player of the series	Tamim Iqbal (Ban)

The Afghanistan cricket team toured Bangladesh in September and October 2016 to play three One Day Internationals (ODIs) matches.^[1][2] This was Afghanistan's first full series against a Test-playing side other than Zimbabwe and was the first bilateral series between the two sides.^[1] It was also Bangladesh's first home bilateral ODI series against an Associate Nation since Ireland toured in 2008.^[3] Ahead of the ODI series there was a fifty-over warm-up game between the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI and Afghanistan in Fatullah.^[4]

Afghanistan won the warm-up match by 66 runs^[5] and Bangladesh won the ODI series 2–1. This was Bangladesh's sixth consecutive series victory in ODIs.^[6]

Squads

Bangladesh[7]	Afghanistan[8]
Mashrafe Mortaza (c) Taskin Ahmed Shakib Al Hasan Mosaddek Hossain Mosharraf Hossain Nasir Hossain Rubel Hossain Tamim Iqbal Taijul Islam Shafiul Islam Imrul Kayes Mahmudullah Mushfiqur Rahim Sabbir Rahman Soumya Sarkar	Asghar Stanikzai (c) Fareed Ahmad Mirwais Ashraf Amir Hamza Ihsanullah Karim Janat Rashid Khan Nawroz Mangal Mohammad Nabi Shabir Noori Rahmat Shah Hashmatullah Shaidi Mohammad Shahzad Samiullah Shinwari Naveen-ul-Haq Dawlat Zadran Najibullah Zadran

Taskin Ahmed was added to Bangladesh's squad after his bowling action was cleared by the International Cricket Council (ICC).^[9] Mosharraf Hossain was added to the squad for the third ODI after Rubel Hossain was dropped.^[10]

Tour match

One-day:Bangladesh Cricket Board XI vs Afghanistan

23 September 2016 Scorecard

Afghanistan  233 (49.2 overs)	v	Bangladesh Cricket Board XI 167 (38.1 overs)
Hashmatullah Shahidi 69 (96) Alauddin Babu 3/32 (8.2 overs)		Mosaddek Hossain 76 (97) Mohammad Nabi 4/24 (8 overs)

Afghanistan won by 66 runs Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah Umpires: Anisur Rahman (Ban) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)

• Bangladesh Cricket Board XI won the toss and elected to field.
• 17 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).

ODI series

1st ODI

25 September 2016 (D/N) Scorecard

Bangladesh  265 (50 overs)	v	Afghanistan 258 (50 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 80 (98) Dawlat Zadran 4/73 (10 overs)		Hashmatullah Shahidi 72 (110) Taskin Ahmed 4/59 (8 overs)

Bangladesh won by 7 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Naveen-ul-Haq (Afg) made his ODI debut.
• Shakib Al Hasan became the leading wicket-taker for Bangladesh in ODIs.^[11]

2nd ODI

28 September 2016 (D/N) Scorecard

Bangladesh  208 (49.2 overs)	v	Afghanistan 212/8 (49.4 overs)
Mosaddek Hossain 45* (45) Rashid Khan 3/35 (10 overs)		Asghar Stanikzai 57 (95) Shakib Al Hasan 4/47 (10 overs)

Afghanistan won by 2 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Anisur Rahman (Ban) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Afg)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Mosaddek Hossain (Ban) made his ODI debut.
• Mosaddek Hossain became the first player for Bangladesh to take a wicket with his very first delivery in an ODI.^[12]

3rd ODI

1 October 2016 (D/N) Scorecard

Bangladesh  279/8 (50 overs)	v	Afghanistan 138 (33.5 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 118 (118) Rashid Khan 2/39 (10 overs)		Rahmat Shah 36 (73) Mosharraf Hossain 3/24 (8 overs)

Bangladesh won by 141 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Tamim Iqbal (Ban)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Tamim Iqbal (Ban) scored his seventh century in an ODI.^[13]
• This was Bangladesh's 100th win in ODIs.^[13]

References

1. "Afghanistan ODI series in Bangladesh confirmed". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
2. "Afghanistan to tour Bangladesh for the first time". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 31 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
3. "Taskin set to return for Bangladesh's first ODI in 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
4. "Anamul, Sabbir named in BCB XI to face Afghanistan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
5. "Nabi, Shahidi deliver Afghanistan big win in low-scorer". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
6. "Tamim hundred paves way for Bangladesh series win". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
7. "Uncapped Mosaddek Hossain picked for Afghanistan ODIs". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
8. "Afghanistan pick three uncapped players for Bangladesh ODIs". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
9. "Taskin and Sunny cleared to bowl after remedial work". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
10. "Mosharraf Hossain returns for Bangladesh after eight years". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
11. "Shakib becomes Bangladesh's highest ODI wicket-taker". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
12. "Debutant Mossadek's golden touch". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
13. "DTamim, Mosharraf send Afghanistan packing". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo