Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Scorecard, 1st T20I, Afghanistan v Bangladesh in UAE 2025
Result · Oct 02 2025, Thu - 08:00 PM (IST)
AFGHANISTAN151/9
BANGLADESH153/6
Bangladesh won by 4 wickets
CRR:8.2
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | Afghanistan v Bangladesh in UAE 2025 |
| Date: | Oct 02 2025, Thu - 08:00 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, Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan (c), Mohammad Nabi, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Noor Ahmad, Mohammad Ishaq (wk), Fareed Ahmad |
| Bangladesh Playing XI: | Jaker Ali (c) (wk), Tanzid Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Saif Hassan, Nurul Hasan, Shamim Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib |
- This is set to be the fourth multi-game bilateral men’s T20I series between Afghanistan and Bangladesh; each of the previous three iterations has seen a different result (Afghanistan 3-0 in June 2018, Draw 1-1 in March 2022 and Bangladesh 2-0 in July 2023).
- Afghanistan have lost their last two men’s T20Is after winning four of their previous five matches; they will be looking to avoid losing three consecutive matches in the format for the first time since a three-game run between March and July 2023.
- Bangladesh have lost each of their last two men’s T20Is, both in the UAE, after winning five of their previous six matches; the last time they lost more consecutive matches in the format was a six-game stretch from May to July earlier this year.
- Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in their only previous meeting at Sharjah Cricket Stadium (30 August 2022) and they have won five of their last seven matches overall at the venue; Bangladesh have only won one of their six matches at the venue.
- Afghanistan have a collective bowling economy rate of 7.62 in men’s T20Is since the start of 2025, only New Zealand (7.59) have a better such rate among Test playing countries; in addition, their bowlers have only conceded 51% of their runs in boundaries this year, second fewest among full member countries (Sri Lanka - 49%).
- Bangladesh have made at least 150 runs in eight of their last 10 men’s T20Is when batting first, including 154/5 against Afghanistan when they most recently batted first in a match (16 September 2025); they had failed to reach 150 first innings runs in five previous such matches prior to that span.
- Wafiullah Tarakhil (18 years 185 days on day of match) will become the seventh youngest player to play for Afghanistan in men’s T20Is if he is selected for this match; he scored the third most runs (298) in the 2025 Shpageeza Cricket League (Hashmatullah Shahidi - 321, Sediqullah Atal - 308).
- Nurul Hasan (49) is one appearance away from becoming the 15th player to play 50 men’s T20Is for Bangladesh; in addition, he has scored 495 runs and is five runs away from becoming the 15th player to score 500 runs for Bangladesh in the format.
- Rashid Khan has taken 12 wickets in men’s T20Is since the start of 2025, the most of any Afghanistan player and the fourth time in the last five years he has taken at least 12 wickets in a calendar year; though, his bowling economy rate of 6.7 this year is the highest he has recorded in any calendar year in which he has played at least three matches.
- Mohammad Saifuddin (47) is three away from becoming the seventh player to take 50 wickets for Bangladesh in men’s T20Is; he has taken at least one wicket in each of his last eight matches and a total of 13 in that span.