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The Afghanistan cricket team toured Bangladesh in June and July 2023 to play one Test, three One Day International (ODI) and two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1] The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed this FTP tour in their press release.[2]
| Afghan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2023 | |||
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| Bangladesh | Afghanistan | ||
| Dates | 14 June – 16 July 2023 | ||
| Captains |
Litton Das (Test) Tamim Iqbal (ODIs)[n 1] Shakib Al Hasan (T20Is) |
Hashmatullah Shahidi (Test & ODIs) Rashid Khan (T20Is) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Bangladesh won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Najmul Hossain Shanto (270) | Afsar Zazai (42) | |
| Most wickets |
Shoriful Islam (5) Ebadot Hossain (5) | Nijat Masood (5) | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Afghanistan won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Litton Das (96) | Rahmanullah Gurbaz (173) | |
| Most wickets |
Shoriful Islam (4) Shakib Al Hasan (4) | Fazalhaq Farooqi (8) | |
| Player of the series | Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afg) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Bangladesh won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Towhid Hridoy (66) | Mohammad Nabi (70) | |
| Most wickets |
Shakib Al Hasan (4) Taskin Ahmed (4) |
Karim Janat (3) Mujeeb Ur Rahman (3) Azmatullah Omarzai (3) | |
| Player of the series | Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) | ||
Initially, Afghanistan were scheduled to play two Tests, three ODIs and three T20Is in the series.[3] However, on 11 May 2023, a Test and a T20I was dropped from the itinerary, due to scheduling problems.[4] On 17 May 2023, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed the dates and venues for the series.[5][6][7]
Bangladesh won the only Test by 546 runs.[8] It was the biggest Test victory for Bangladesh in terms of runs.[9] It was also the biggest Test win for any team, in terms of runs, in the 21st century.[10]
Afghanistan won the first ODI match by 17 runs according to the DLS method after the match was interrupted due to rain.[11] A day after the match, Bangladesh's ODI captain Tamim Iqbal announced his retirement from international cricket,[12] and Litton Das was named as the stand-in captain for the final two ODI matches.[13] In the 2nd ODI, Afghanistan won by 142 runs courtesy of a record-breaking opening partnership, helping them to seal their first ever ODI series win against Bangladesh.[14] Bangladesh went on to win the third ODI by a comprehensive margin of 7 wickets with 159 balls to spare and eventually lost the series by 2–1 margin.[15]
Bangladesh won the first T20I by 2 wickets in a thrilling way, chasing 154, which was their highest successful run chase against Afghanistan in T20I.[16] Bangladesh also won the 2nd T20I by 6 wickets and won the series by 2–0 margin, their first ever T20I series win against Afghanistan.[17]
Afghanistan named Azmatullah Omarzai, Sayed Shirzad, Noor Ali Zadran and Zia-ur-Rehman as reserves in their Test squad.[24]
Ahead of the Test match, Tamim Iqbal was ruled out of the match with a lower back pain.[25][26] After Tamim Iqbal retired from international cricket during the ODI series, Rony Talukdar was added as a replacement in Bangladesh's ODI squad for the remaining two ODIs.[27]
Naveen-ul-Haq was ruled out of the T20I series with a knee injury, and Nijat Masood was named as his replacement.[28] Ebadot Hossain too was ruled out of Bangladesh's T20I squad due to a knee injury.[29]
14–17 June 2023 Scorecard |
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
- 11 overs, 17 overs and 20 overs of play was lost on Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 respectively due to bad light.
- Karim Janat, Nijat Masood and Bahir Shah (Afg) all made their Test debuts.
- Litton Das captained Bangladesh in Tests for the first time.[30]
- Nijat Masood (Afg) became the first Afghan and overall twenty-second bowler to take a wicket with his first ball in Tests.[31]
- Nijat Masood (Afg) took his first five-wicket haul in Tests,[32] and became the second Afghan bowler to take a five-wicket haul on debut.[33]
- Najmul Hossain Shanto became the second batter for Bangladesh to score centuries in both innings of a Test.[34]
- Hashmatullah Shahidi (Afg) was replaced by Bahir Shah as a concussion substitute on the third day of the Test.[35]
- This was Bangladesh's biggest margin of victory in a Test in terms of runs and overall third biggest Test win in terms of runs.[36]
1st ODI
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 43 overs per side due to rain.
- Rain prevented any further play.
- Mohammad Saleem (Afg) made his ODI debut.
2nd ODI
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Mushfiqur Rahim became the first player from Bangladesh to play 250 ODIs.[37]
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran's 1st wicket partnership was the biggest partnership for any wicket for Afghanistan in ODIs in terms of runs (256).[38]
3rd ODI
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Abdul Rahman and Zia-ur-Rehman (Afg) both made their ODI debuts.
1st T20I
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Karim Janat (Afg) took his first hat-trick in T20Is.[39]
2nd T20I
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 17 overs per side due to rain. Bangladesh were set a revised target of 119 runs from 17 overs.
- Wafadar Momand (Afg) made his T20I debut.
- Litton Das captained Bangladesh in the second and third ODIs.
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