AFG vs BAN Head To Head Ahead Of 1st ODI

Afghanistan and Bangladesh to face each other in first ODI [Source: @ACBofficials/x]Afghanistan and Bangladesh to face each other in first ODI [Source: @ACBofficials/x]

Afghanistan to ‘host’ Bangladesh at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in a series of three ODI matches. The first of those matches will be played on November 6 and the action will commence from 3:30 PM IST onwards. The series constitute as a testing ground for both sides ahead of the 2025 Champions Trophy.

Afghanistan recently upstaged South Africa in a stunning 2-1 series victory in Sharjah. They also secured an emphatic 2-0 series win over Ireland earlier this year. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Azmatullah Omarzai will start out as some of the primary in-form batters for the Afghanistan team owing to their prolific run-scoring spree off late. Spin-bowling all-rounders and senior pros Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi will also hold key to Afghanistan’s success against Bangladesh.

For Bangladesh, the series against Afghanistan marks their return to the game’s ODI lore after a gap of nearly eight months. Earlier this year, they registered a 2-1 series win over Sri Lanka at home. Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto and Towhid Hridoy need to come up clutch with the bat for Bangladesh if they are to topple Afghanistan away from home. The Bangladeshi cricket team management will also bank on the experience of senior paceman Mustafizur Rahman for early breakthroughs.

Ahead of the first AFG vs BAN ODI match, we take a look at their head-to-head record statistics:

AFG vs BAN Head-to-Head in ODIs

Stats
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Matches Played1616
Matches Won 610
Matches Lost 106
No Result 00
Win%37.562.5

Bangladesh holds an edge over Afghanistan in terms of head-to-head battles. They have won 10 of their 16 overall ODI meetings, and have lost just six in the process.

AFG vs BAN Head-to-Head in UAE

Stats
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Matches Played22
Matches Won11
Matches Lost11
No Result00
Win%5050

AFG vs BAN: What happened when they last played an ODI match?

Afghanistan and Bangladesh faced each other in match number three of the 2023 World Cup in Dharamsala, India back in October last year. Bangladesh won the match by six wickets and with 92 balls to spare after restricting Afghanistan to just 156 in 37.2 overs. Spinners Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz picked up identical three-wicket hauls for the victors in their respective spells.

In the run-chase, Mehidy Hasan Miraz and current skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto listed dazzling half-centuries to navigate their team to an easy victory. For picking up three wickets and for punching out 57 runs from 73 balls, Mehidy Hasan was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’.