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

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in June and July 2023 to play one

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, three

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(ODI) and two

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(T20I) matches. The

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(ICC) confirmed this FTP tour in their press release. Initially, Afghanistan were scheduled to play two Tests, three ODIs and three T20Is in the series. However, on 11 May 2023, a Test and a T20I was dropped from the itinerary, due to scheduling problems. On 17 May 2023,

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(BCB) confirmed the dates and venues for the series. Bangladesh won the only Test by 546 runs. It was the biggest Test victory for Bangladesh in terms of runs. It was also the biggest win for any team, in terms of runs, in the 21st century. Afghanistan won the first ODI match by 17 runs according to the

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after the match was interrupted due to rain. A day after the match, Bangladesh's ODI captain

Tamim Iqbal Tamim Iqbal Khan (Bengali: তামিম ইকবাল খান; born 20 March 1989), more popularly known as Tamim Iqbal, is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is the nephew of former Bangladesh skipper Akram Khan, the current chief selector of ...

announced his retirement from international cricket, and

Litton Das Litton Kumer Das (Bengali: লিটন কুমার দাস; born 16 February 1994) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a test wicket-keeper. He made his international debut for Bangladesh in June 2015. He has score ...

was named as the stand-in captain for the final two ODI matches. In the 2nd ODI, Afghanistan won by 142 runs courtesy of a record-breaking opening partnership, helping them to seal their first ever ODI series win against Bangladesh. Bangladesh went on to win the third ODI by a comprehensive margin of 7 wickets with 159 balls to spare and eventually lost the series by 2–1 margin. Bangladesh won the first T20I by 2 wickets in a thrilling way, chasing 154, which was their highest successful run chase against Afghanistan in T20I. Bangladesh also won the 2nd T20I by 6 wickets and won the series by 2–0 margin, their first ever T20I series win against Afghanistan.

Squads

Afghanistan named

Azmatullah Omarzai Azmatullah Omarzai (Pashto عظمت الله عمرزی born 24 March 2000) is an Afghan cricketer from Nurgal District of Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan. Azmatullah started playing cricket when he was 14 years old. He made his interna ...

Sayed Shirzad Sayed Shirzad (born 1 October 1994) is an Afghan cricketer. Shirzad is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm at a medium pace. Domestic career Shirzad represented Afghanistan Under-19s in the 2011 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier in Ireland. ...

Noor Ali Zadran Noor Ali Zadran (Pashto: نور علی ځدراڼ; born 10 July 1988) is an Afghan cricketer. Ali is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team. He cites Ricky Ponting as his ...

and

Zia-ur-Rehman Zia-ur-Rehman Akbar (born 30 December 1997) is an Afghan cricketer. Career He made his List A debut for Afghanistan A against Zimbabwe A during their tour to Zimbabwe on 27 January 2017. He made his Twenty20 debut for Boost Defenders in the ...

as reserves in their Test squad. Ahead of the Test match,

was ruled out of the match with a lower back pain. After Tamim Iqbal retired from international cricket during the ODI series,

Rony Talukdar Rony Talukdar (born 10 October 1990) is a batsman who plays first-class cricket for Dhaka Division in Bangladesh. He was part of Bangladesh's squad for the Under-19 World Cup in 2008. Rony Talukdar scored 107 and 53 batting at No. 7 and No. 8 i ...

was added as a replacement in Bangladesh's ODI squad for the remaining two ODIs.

Naveen-ul-Haq Naveen-ul-Haq Murid (born 23 September 1999) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in September 2016. Domestic and T20 franchise career Naveen made his first-class debut for Kabul Region in ...

was ruled out of the T20I series with a knee injury, and

Nijat Masood Nijat Masood (born 30 December 1998) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in June 2022. Career He made his List A debut for Mis Ainak Region in the 2017 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day T ...

was named as his replacement.

Ebadot Hossain Ebadot Hossain Chowdhury ( bn, এবাদত হোসেন চৌধুরী; born 7 January 1994), better known as simply Ebadot Hossain, nicknamed 'Sylhet Rocket' due to his speed and skill, is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his internat ...

too was ruled out of Bangladesh's T20I squad due to a knee injury.

Only Test

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

T20I series

1st T20I

2nd T20I

Notes

References

External links

Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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