Afghan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2016–17

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Afghan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2016–17
  Flag of Bangladesh.svg Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg
  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]

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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

Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh [7] Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  Afghanistan [8]

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  Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg
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  Flag of Bangladesh.svg
265 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  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  Flag of Bangladesh.svg
208 (49.2 overs)
v
Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  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  Flag of Bangladesh.svg
279/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  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]

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