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The Afghanistan cricket team toured Bangladesh in February and March 2022 to play three One Day International (ODI) and two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] The ODI series formed part of the inaugural 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.[3][4] On 1 February 2022, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed the schedule for the tour.[5][6] The ODI matches took place in Chittagong, with the T20I matches played in Dhaka.[7][8]
| Afghan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2021–22 | |||
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| Bangladesh | Afghanistan | ||
| Dates | 23 February – 5 March 2022 | ||
| Captains |
Tamim Iqbal (ODIs) Mahmudullah (T20Is) |
Hashmatullah Shahidi (ODIs) Mohammad Nabi (T20Is) | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Bangladesh won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Litton Das (223) | Rahmat Shah (133) | |
| Most wickets | Shakib Al Hasan (5) | Fazalhaq Farooqi (6) | |
| Player of the series | Litton Das (Ban) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Litton Das (73) | Hazratullah Zazai (65) | |
| Most wickets | Nasum Ahmed (4) |
Fazalhaq Farooqi (5) Azmatullah Omarzai (5) | |
| Player of the series | Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afg) | ||
On 13 February 2022, the Afghanistan team arrived in Sylhet to begin a week-long training camp ahead of the matches.[9] However, shortly after the team arrived, eight Afghan cricketers and three members of their support staff tested positive for COVID-19.[10] As a result, the entire touring party was placed into isolation for 48 hours.[11] On 16 February 2022, all of Afghanistan's touring party returned negative COVID-19 tests.[12] The team had requested a second round of testing after they believed the first round returned false positives.[13]
In the first ODI, Afghanistan made 215 runs in their innings.[14] In reply, Bangladesh were reduced to 45/6 in the twelfth over of their run chase, with Fazalhaq Farooqi taking four wickets.[15] However, Afif Hossain and Mehidy Hasan then made an unbeaten 174-run partnership, with Bangladesh reaching 219/6 to win the match by four wickets.[16] The 174-run stand between Afif Hossain and Mehidy Hasan was the highest seventh-wicket partnership for Bangladesh in an ODI match,[17] and the second-highest seventh-wicket partnership in ODI cricket.[18] In the second ODI, Litton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim set a new third-wicket partnership record for Bangladesh, with 202 runs.[19] Bangladesh went on to beat Afghanistan by 88 runs, winning the series with a match to play.[20] Afghanistan won the third ODI by seven wickets, with Rahmanullah Gurbaz scoring an unbeaten century.[21] Bangladesh won the ODI series 2–1.[22]
The T20I series was drawn 1–1. Bangladesh had won the first T20I match by 61 runs,[23] after making 155/8 in their innings, and bowling Afghanistan out for 94 runs.[24] Afghanistan won the second T20I match by eight wickets.[25]
Qais Ahmad and Mohammad Saleem were both named as travelling reserves in Afghanistan's team for the ODI matches.[30] Prior to the first T20I match, Nurul Hasan was added to Bangladesh's squad, after Mushfiqur Rahim suffered an injury.[31]
1st ODI
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Yasir Ali (Ban) made his ODI debut.
- Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) became the first player to take 100 wickets across all three formats of international cricket at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.[32]
- World Cup Super League points: Bangladesh 10, Afghanistan 0.
2nd ODI
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mushfiqur Rahim (Ban) scored his 13,000th run in international cricket across all formats.[33]
- World Cup Super League points: Bangladesh 10, Afghanistan 0.
3rd ODI
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- World Cup Super League points: Afghanistan 10, Bangladesh 0.
- Rashid Khan (Afg) took his 150th wicket in ODIs.[34]
1st T20I
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Yasir Ali, Munim Shahriar (Ban), Azmatullah Omarzai and Darwish Rasooli (Afg) all made their T20I debuts.
2nd T20I
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mushfiqur Rahim (Ban) played in his 100th T20I match.[35]
- Mahmudullah became the first cricketer for Bangladesh to score 2,000 runs in T20Is.[36]
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