The Bangladesh cricket team toured India to play three

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s (T20Is) against the

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in Dehradun. Afghanistan won the first two matches of the series, therefore giving them an unassailable lead. This gave them their first bilateral T20I series win against another

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team other than

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. Afghanistan went on to win the series 3–0.

Background

Originally the matches were scheduled to be played as One Day Internationals (ODIs), but the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) agreed to change the fixtures to T20Is in preparation for the

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tournament. In May 2018, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) confirmed that all three matches will be played at the

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. These were the first international cricket matches to be played at the venue. Ahead of the T20Is, Bangladesh played a practice match against Afghanistan A. Prior to this series, Afghanistan and Bangladesh had only played each other once before in a T20I, in the group stage of the

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tournament, with Bangladesh winning by nine wickets.

Squads

Ahead of the series,

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was ruled out of Bangladesh's squad due to injury.

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was named as his replacement. Hazratullah Zazai was added to Afghanistan's squad ahead of the first T20I.

Tour match

Practice match:Afghanistan A vs Bangladesh

T20I Series

1st T20I

2nd T20I

3rd T20I

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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