The
Afghanistan cricket team
The Afghanistan men's national team ( ps, د افغانستان کرکټ ملي لوبډله, fa, تیم ملی کریکت افغانستان) represents Afghanistan in international cricket. Cricket has been played in Afgha ...
toured Bangladesh in September and October 2016 to play three
One Day International
A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World C ...
s (ODIs) matches.
This was Afghanistan's first full series against a Test-playing side other than Zimbabwe and was the first bilateral series between the two sides.
It was also Bangladesh's first home bilateral ODI series against an Associate Nation since
Ireland toured in 2008.
Ahead of the ODI series there was a fifty-over warm-up game between the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI and Afghanistan in Fatullah.
Afghanistan won the warm-up match by 66 runs
and Bangladesh won the ODI series 2–1. This was Bangladesh's sixth consecutive series victory in ODIs.
Squads
Taskin Ahmed
Taskin Ahmed Tazim ( bn, তাসকিন আহমেদ তাজিম; born 3 April 1995) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a right-arm fast bowler and a left-handed batsman. He represents Dhaka Metropolis in first-class and List A cric ...
was added to Bangladesh's squad after his bowling action was cleared by the
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the world governing body of cricket. Headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, its members are List of International Cricket Council members, 108 national associations, with 12 List of Internation ...
(ICC).
was added to the squad for the third ODI after
Rubel Hossain
Mohammad Rubel Hossain ( bn, মোহাম্মদ রুবেল হোসেন; born 01 Jan 1990) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his international debut for Bangladesh in January 2009 aged 19. He has the highest bowling average of ...
was dropped.
Tour match
One-day:Bangladesh Cricket Board XI vs Afghanistan
ODI series
1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
References
External links
Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Afghan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2016-17
2016 in Afghan cricket
2016 in Bangladeshi cricket
International cricket competitions in 2016–17
Afghan cricket tours of Bangladesh