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Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Scorecard, 1st ODI, Afghanistan vs Bangladesh (UAE) 2024
Result · Nov 06 2024, Wed - 03:30 PM (IST)
AFGHANISTAN235
BANGLADESH143
Afghanistan won by 92 runs
CRR:4.14
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | Bangladesh in Afghanistan (UAE) 2024 |
| Date: | Nov 06 2024, Wed - 03:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | United Arab Emirates |
| City: | Sharjah |
| Venue: | Sharjah Cricket Stadium |
| Toss: | Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat. |
| Afghanistan Playing XI: | Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, AM Ghazanfar, Nangeyalia Kharote, Fazalhaq Farooqi |
| Bangladesh Playing XI: | Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Soumya Sarkar, Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam |
- Afghanistan won their last bilateral men’s ODI series 2-1 against Bangladesh in July 2023 after losing the previous two series 1-2 against them; the team who won the opening game has gone on to win the series on each of the previous three occasions.
- Bangladesh won their last men’s ODI away from home by nine wickets over New Zealand (23 December 2023), they had lost nine of their previous 10 matches in the format; the Bangla Tigers will be looking for back-to-back away wins in the format for the first time since October 2023.
- Afghanistan lost their last men’s ODI by seven wickets to South Africa (22 September 2024), snapping a four-game winning streak; the Afghans have taken all 10 opposition wickets in their last three wins in the format.
- Afghanistan lost their last men’s ODI at Sharjah Cricket Ground (against South Africa), snapping a seven-game winning streak for them at the venue; meanwhile, Bangladesh have lost all five matches at the venue, but they have not played there since April 1995.
- Bangladesh have a collective batting average of 45.9 in men’s ODIs since the start of 2024, the best rate of any full-member side; in addition, only Australia (6.3) and England (6.2) have scored at a higher rate than their 5.8 runs per over in the format this year.
- Afghanistan batters have a collective strike rate of 130.1 in slog overs (overs 41-50) in men’s ODIs since the start of 2024, only Australia (143.0) have a higher strike rate during this period; Bangladesh batters have average of 109 in slog overs in 2024, 60 runs higher than the second-best team, Australia (49.2).
- Mustafizur Rahman (94) is just six wickets away from becoming the third Bangladesh bowler to take 100 wickets in men’s ODIs away from home (Shakib Al Hasan – 134; Mashrafe Mortaza – 122); Mustafizur has only taken one six-wicket haul in the format but that was at home (6/43 v India in June 2015).
- Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan) has scored 342 runs at a strike rate of 114.4 in men’s ODIs since the start of 2024, only Harry Brook (312 runs at 127.9) has scored at a higher strike rate in that span (min. 300 runs scored).
- Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh) has scored 135 runs from three innings at an average of 135 in men’s ODIs since the start of 2024; his good connection rate of 84.5% is the highest of any player from a full-member side in this calendar year (min. 100 runs scored).
- Mohammad Nabi (3,465 runs) needs 35 more runs to become the second player to score 3,500 runs in men’s ODIs for Afghanistan (Rahmat Shah – 3,789 runs); he has scored a total of 106 runs in his four innings in the format in 2024.