- Afghanistan prevents Bangladesh from reaching the final After losing their opening game to Zimbabwe, Bangladesh are in a position where they must win, and win big. The three that matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah are all smiling after dismissing Pat Cummins. The three that matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah all smiles after dismissing Pat Cummins, India vs Australia, World Cup, Chennai, October 8, 2023. Interestingly, the Afghanistan-Bangladesh contest in the ODIs is now pegged at 11-11, although Afghanistan certainly pear to be the superior side.
- To reach the final of the three series, Bangladesh will not only have to beat Afghanistan but also win by a decent margin – probably by 40 runs batting first, or reach the total in fewer overs.
- For its part, Zimbabwe will be monitoring the situation with bated breath.
Afghanistan prevents Bangladesh from reaching the final After losing their opening game to Zimbabwe, Bangladesh are in a position where they must win, and win big. The three that matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah are all smiling after dismissing Pat Cummins. The three that matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah all smiles after dismissing Pat Cummins, India vs Australia, World Cup, Chennai, October 8, 2023. Interestingly, the Afghanistan-Bangladesh contest in the ODIs is now pegged at 11-11, although Afghanistan certainly pear to be the superior side.
To reach the final of the three series, Bangladesh will not only have to beat Afghanistan but also win by a decent margin – probably by 40 runs batting first, or reach the total in fewer overs. For its part, Zimbabwe will be monitoring the situation with bated breath. Afghanistan defeated Zimbabwe by 158 runs on Monday.
Sediqullah Atal scored his third ODI century while Ibrahim Zadran got out for the fourth time in his relatively short career in the 1990s. Later, Rashid Khan, as he often does in the middle overs, ran through Zimbabwe with a four-wicket haul. Fazalhaq Farooqi and AM Ghazanfar also played well which gave an overall winning feel to the performance.
Bangladesh doesn’t have much to offer. Zimbabwe defeated them in the first game when their bowling failed to give them a timely breakthrough after taking the first three wickets. The batters didn’t get off to a good start either.
Taskin Ahmed admitted the team lacked awareness of the game while head coach Phil Simmons said the team lacked understanding. These are strong statements from senior figures in the team, illustrating the level of concern over Bangladesh’s ODI form. A better performance against Afghanistan is certainly hoped for, but it would only close gs.
Afghanistan, on the other hand, has no such problems. You look like a well-oiled machine. Afghanistan WWWWL (last five games completed, last first) Bangladesh LWLLL Ibrahim Zadran shot generously during his knock, Afghanistan v Zimbabwe, Tri-Series, Abu Dhabi, October 19, 2026 Ibrahim Zadran scored 90 against Zimbabwe on Monday after scoring back-to-back 95s against Bangladesh here last year.
Given his form and strokeplay in the last game, Zadran should be set for another big score and will be hoping to go one better this time by reaching three figures in Sharjah. Bangladesh must find a way to stop him; Otherwise, Afghanistan will likely have an impressive record, as they often do when Zadran lays the foundation with his excellent batting. One of those who could stop Zadran is Shoriful Islam, who has the best record among Bangladesh bowlers against Afghanistan’s opener.
Shoriful defeated Zadran six times in 55 balls across all formats, including twice in ODIs. Shoriful is also in good form, having taken 2 for 47 in the last game against Zimbabwe and taking seven wickets against Australia in the Mackay Test. Shoriful has matured significantly and often returns the ball to righties, keeping them guessing.
Unless Afghanistan wants to change their fast bowlers, there is little reason to change their playing XI. Afghanistan (probable): 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (week), 2 Ibrahim Zadran, 3 Sediqullah Atal, 4 Rahmat Shah (ct), 5 Hashmatullah Shahidi, 6 Azmatullah Omarzai, 7 Mohammad Nabi, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 AM Ghazanfar, 10 Ziaur Rahman, 11 Fazalhaq Farooqi If Mehidy Hasan Miraz If Bangladesh does not move away from the Recovering from viral fever, it will be difficult to balance the playing eleven. Bangladesh (probable): 1 Tanzid Hasan, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Saif Hassan, 5 Towhid Hridoy (ct), 6 Mosaddek Hossain, 7 Nurul Hasan (wk), 8 Rishad Hossain, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Shoriful Islam, 11 Mustafizur Rahman. I want to bat first in Sharjah where the heat and humidity will provide some grip on the pitch in the second half of the day-night ODIs.
Taskin Ahmed took three wickets in the first powerplay for the first time in his career in Bangladesh’s last game against Zimbabwe on Saturday. Ibrahim Zadran’s points in Sharjah are 60, 22. He has now been dismissed four times in his eleven half-centuries in the 1990s. Rashid Khan tormented Bangladesh during the bilateral series in Abu Dhabi last year, taking 11 wickets and winning five. He took 35 wickets against them at 19:22. “We lacked understanding of the situation and made sure that when we got the three wickets we hammered and tried to get another one quickly.
Although they batted really well. But as we struggled, we just lacked the understanding of the situation and the knowledge that with a start like that we just had to make sure we fought for the 50 overs and would have won the game. ” Bangladesh coach Phil Simmons on what his team was missing against Zimbabwe. After losing the opening game against Zimbabwe, Bangladesh are in a position where they have to win, and win big. Taskin Ahmed beat Matt Short with the first ball of the chase, Bangladesh v Australia, 1st ODI, Mirpur, June 9, 2026. Just as they were getting back into the game and setting the stage for a good all-round result, Hassan lost it, pranced down the track down and pulled it over the line towards mid-wicket/mid-on and Nangyal takes the catch in the mid-wicket region, unnecessary, still a long way to go, shouldn’t have played it safe at that point to get the win, if you could say a mind-numbing, bloodthirsty moment. They threw him in the middle, it lured him and he took the bait and tried to fight fire with fire.
It was an arm ball that was sent to the goalkeeper! Yamin Ahmadzai is directly in the shop. Just before a good length ball on the choice pitch, held a little on the pitch and Tanzid throws it away from the body with his back foot, kisses the outside part of the bat and Gurbaz just catches it behind the stumps.
Chopped on, golden duck! A change in the batting order doesn’t help Soumya Sarkar. He stands there, dispointed, frustrated and disgusted, silently angry with himself.
It was a harmless three-quarter length drifting away, but Soumya throws the kitchen sink at it and executes a sweeping cover move that veers off the inside edge and crashes straight into the stumps. Edged, feather touch and gone! He was framed for this dismissal.
I’ve passed the outside edge a few times, but this time Shanto bites the dust. The good length ball is bowled around the fifth channel of the off-stump, this goes back just a little to deceive the batsman again, tries to esce the shot but it was too late and tickles the outside part of the bat to Gurbaz for a cart catch. Masterclass by Azmatullah Omarzai!
Towhid Hridoy is a little fuller and returns to the leg side channel. He moves around and closes the face of the club way too early as he tries to drive it forward to the leg side. It results in a leading edge straight back down the pitch, and Omarzai reacts with brilliant reflexes, sticking out his right hand to gobble up the catch. Hridoy shakes his head in complete dispointment as the Tigers bat badly again.
Big move for a heavyweight and Emon wants a different look. The referee judged the ball in a few seconds; he had no major doubts. Let’s take a look at it, a little full and slanted in the middle, a clear g between the bat and the base.
This looks very close while waiting for the ball to come through. Land in the line, push into the line and hit him through the middle and deep so that it is the last batsman to be recognized and Afghanistan will be eager to turn his back on him, he tried to protect Al Islam and confused himself. This is the last hope for Bangladesh to add some kind of fighting total to the list. He breaks in, comes in short and goes big against him, big wicket, he decouples the last recognized pair, he pulls it with a spin and gets a big leading edge which is caught by Nangyal on the pitch way back, that won’t help Bangladesh’s cause at all.
He got the ball short and didn’t get the timing and powerful connection he was looking for. The defensive player didn’t have to move much to gobble it up. And Rashid has the last laugh! Good length and a touch of spin up top, gets a good bounce and he kept looking for the line as the ball shook the top, so good for you! A smiling assassin continues to find ways to outsmart the thugs. This is an INCREDIBLE attitude from Nabi who is a mistake!
A sharp leg kick sounds over the wicket and he drives the bat in, the ball touches the outside edge and Nabi lands in a split second, sinking it on the second attempt. He is something very special. Rashid Khan rips that dick and has fun out there. Everything is too easy for the No. 1 ODI bowler.
Aliss has to return to the dressing room. And he manages to pick up wickets at will! His precision and control are amazing! Lands an uncomfortable length and slips, moves away, destroys the off-stump and the last man leaves without bothering our scorer K Vairavan. Sharp, spring touch and gone!
He was framed for this dismissal. I’ve passed the outside edge a few times, but this time Shanto bites the dust. The good length ball is bowled around the fifth channel of the off-stump, this goes back just a little to deceive the batsman again, tries to esce the shot but it was too late and tickles the outside part of the bat to Gurbaz for a cart catch.
Masterclass by Azmatullah Omarzai! Towhid Hridoy is a little fuller and returns to the leg side channel. He moves around and closes the face of the club way too early as he tries to drive it forward to the leg side. The result is a direct advantage on the pitch, and Omarzai reacts with brilliant reflexes, reaching for the catch with his right hand.
Hridoy shakes his head in complete dispointment as the Tigers bat badly again. Nicked through to the keeper! Yamin Ahmadzai is directly in the shop.
Just before a good length ball on the choice pitch, held a little on the pitch and Tanzid throws it away from the body with his back foot, kisses the outside part of the bat and Gurbaz just catches it behind the stumps. Chopped on, golden duck! A change in the batting order doesn’t help Soumya Sarkar.
He stands there, dispointed, frustrated and disgusted, silently angry with himself. It was a harmless three-quarter length drifting away, but Soumya throws the kitchen sink at it and executes a sweeping cover move that veers off the inside edge and crashes straight into the stumps. He’s busy, digs in short and goes big at him, big wicket, he decouples the last pair spotted, he pulls it with a whirl and gets a big leading edge caught by Nangyal at deep back, that’s not going to help Bangladesh’s cause at all.
He got the ball short and didn’t get the timing and powerful connection he was looking for. The defensive player didn’t have to move much to gobble it up. And Rashid has the last laugh! Good length and a touch of spin up top, gets a good bounce and he kept looking for the line as the ball shook the top, so good for you! The smiling assassin continues to find ways to outwit the thugs. Big move for a heavyweight and Emon wants a different look.
The referee judged the ball in a few seconds; he had no major doubts. Let’s take a look at it, a little full and slanted in the middle, a clear g between the bat and the base. This looks very close while waiting for the ball to come through.
Land in the line, push into the line and hit him through the middle and deep so that it is the last batsman to be recognized and Afghanistan will be eager to turn his back on him, he tried to protect Al Islam and confused himself. This is the last hope for Bangladesh to add some kind of fighting total to the list. This is an INCREDIBLE attitude from Nabi who is a mistake! A sharp leg kick sounds over the wicket and he drives the bat in, the ball touches the outside edge and Nabi lands in a split second, sinking it on the second attempt. He is something very special.
Rashid Khan rips that dick and has fun out there. Everything is too easy for the No. 1 ODI bowler. Aliss has to return to the dressing room. And he manages to pick up wickets at will!
His precision and control are amazing! Lands an uncomfortable length and slips, moves away, destroys the off-stump and the last man walks away without troubling our scorer K Vairavan. Just as they were getting back into the game and setting the pitch up for a good total, Hassan lost it, pranced down the track and dragged it over the line towards mid-wicket/mid-on and Nangyal takes the catch in the mid-wicket region, pointless, still a long way to go, shouldn’t have played it safe. You could say that victory at this point is a blood-curdling and brain-freezing moment. They threw him in the middle, it lured him and he took the bait and tried to fight fire with fire.
It was an arm ball that was sent to the goalkeeper! Yamin Ahmadzai is directly in the shop. Just before a good length ball on the choice pitch, held a little on the pitch and Tanzid throws it away from the body with his back foot, kisses the outside part of the bat and Gurbaz just catches it behind the stumps.
Chopped on, golden duck! A change in the batting order doesn’t help Soumya Sarkar. He stands there, dispointed, frustrated and disgusted, silently angry with himself.
It was a harmless three-quarter length drifting away, but Soumya throws the kitchen sink at it and executes a sweeping cover move that veers off the inside edge and crashes straight into the stumps. Edged, feather touch and gone! He was framed for this dismissal.
I’ve passed the outside edge a few times, but this time Shanto bites the dust. The good length ball is bowled around the fifth channel of the off-stump, this goes back just a little to deceive the batsman again, tries to esce the shot but it was too late and tickles the outside part of the bat to Gurbaz for a cart catch. Masterclass by Azmatullah Omarzai!
Towhid Hridoy is a little fuller and returns to the leg side channel. He moves around and closes the face of the club way too early as he tries to drive it forward to the leg side. The result is a direct advantage on the pitch, and Omarzai reacts with brilliant reflexes, reaching for the catch with his right hand. Hridoy shakes his head in complete dispointment as the Tigers bat badly again.
Just as they were getting back into the game and setting the pitch up for a good total, Hassan lost it, danced down the track and dragged it over the line towards mid-wicket/mid-on and Nangyal takes the catch in the mid-wicket region, pointless, still a long way to go, shouldn’t have played it safe at that point to get the win, so a bloodcurdling moment you might say. They threw him in the middle, it lured him and he took the bait and tried to fight fire with fire. It was a batting arm ball, dug short and coming at him big, big wicket, he decouples the last recognized pair, he pulls it with a spin and got a big leading edge which was caught by Nangyal at deep back, that won’t help Bangladesh’s cause at all.
He got the ball short and didn’t get the timing and powerful connection he was looking for. The defensive player didn’t have to move much to gobble it up. And Rashid has the last laugh! Good length and a touch of spin up top, gets a good bounce and he kept looking for the line as the ball shook the top, so good for you! The smiling assassin continues to find ways to outwit the thugs. Big move for a heavyweight and Emon wants a different look.
The referee judged the ball in a few seconds; he had no major doubts. Let’s take a look at it, a little full and slanted in the middle, a clear g between the bat and the base. This looks very close while waiting for the ball to come through.
Land in the line, push into the line and hit him through the middle and deep so that it is the last batsman to be recognized and Afghanistan will be eager to turn his back on him, he tried to protect Al Islam and confused himself. This is the last hope for Bangladesh to add some kind of fighting total to the list. This is an INCREDIBLE attitude from Nabi who is a mistake! A sharp leg kick sounds over the wicket and he drives the bat in, the ball touches the outside edge and Nabi lands in a split second, sinking it on the second attempt. He is something very special.
Rashid Khan rips that dick and has fun out there. Everything is too easy for the No. 1 ODI bowler. Aliss has to return to the dressing room. And he manages to pick up wickets at will!
His precision and control are amazing! Lands an uncomfortable length and slips, moves away, destroys the off-stump and the last man leaves without bothering our scorer K Vairavan. Bowls is an absolute blast, quite small, and he steps back abruptly as he tried to hit it through the covers and the ball came back and rattled the top of middle stump, an absolutely brutal performance from Taskin Ahmed.
Such an artist with the new ball, a decisive breakthrough for Bangladesh! Soft dismissal in the end! Slow ball toss at full speed on the leg stump line, the ball goes early as Ibrahim cuts it over the line, catches the leading edge and sends it towards mid-wicket.
Shanto steps back, staying cool at the edge of the circle and wrping around it as he runs backwards. Brilliant piece of fielding! Stumpfs are castled and Atal has to go!
Do you need JAFFA deliveries across the border? Call Taskin Ahmed! The length ball bounces around the fifth channel of the off-stump, comes back at just the perfect time and angle to deceive Atal’s full swing of the bat, fails to enter the line of the ball, goes past the bat and brushes the top of the off-stump.
Clattered the stumps! Bowls is an absolute blast, quite small, and he steps back abruptly as he tried to hit it through the covers and the ball came back and rattled the top of middle stump, an absolutely brutal performance from Taskin Ahmed. Such an artist with the new ball, a decisive breakthrough for Bangladesh!
Stumpfs are castled and Atal has to go! Do you need JAFFA deliveries across the border? Call Taskin Ahmed!
The length ball bounces around the fifth channel of the off-stump, comes back at just the perfect time and angle to deceive Atal’s full swing of the bat, fails to enter the line of the ball, goes past the bat and brushes the top of the off-stump. Soft dismissal in the end! Slow ball toss at full speed on the leg stump line, the ball goes early as Ibrahim cuts it over the line, catches the leading edge and sends it towards mid-wicket.
Shanto steps back, staying cool at the edge of the circle and wrping around it as he runs backwards. Brilliant piece of fielding! Clattered the stumps!
Bowls is an absolute blast, quite small, and he steps back abruptly as he tried to hit it through the covers and the ball came back and rattled the top of middle stump, an absolutely brutal performance from Taskin Ahmed. Such an artist with the new ball, a decisive breakthrough for Bangladesh! Stumpfs are castled and Atal has to go!
Do you need JAFFA deliveries across the border? Call Taskin Ahmed! The length ball bounces around the fifth channel of the off-stump, comes back at just the perfect time and angle to deceive Atal’s full swing of the bat, fails to enter the line of the ball, goes past the bat and brushes the top of the off-stump.
Soft dismissal in the end! Slow ball toss at full speed on the leg stump line, the ball goes early as Ibrahim cuts it over the line, catches the leading edge and sends it towards mid-wicket. Shanto steps back, staying cool at the edge of the circle and wrping around it as he runs backwards.
Brilliant piece of fielding! “The problem is actually related to the state of mind. I believe there is room for improvement here,” stand-in ctain Towhid Hridoy says after Bangladesh are knocked out of the UAE ODI tri-series Rashid Khan picked up four wickets to skittle Bangladesh for 160, Afghanistan vs Bangladesh, Tri-series, Sharjah, October 21, 2026 Bangladesh’s 160 was never going to be enough, as Afghanistan strolled home to set up a final date with Zimbabwe Rashid Khan picked up four wickets to skittle Bangladesh for 160, Afghanistan vs Bangladesh, Tri-series, Sharjah, October 21, 2026 Bangladesh ctain Towhid Hridoy opted to bat against Rahmat Shah’s Afghanistan, Afghanistan vs Bangladesh, Tri-series, Sharjah, October 21, 2026 Following their defeat in the opening game to Zimbabwe, Bangladesh are in a position where they must win, and win big Taskin Ahmed removed Matt Short with the first ball of the chase, Bangladesh vs Australia, 1st ODI, Mirpur, June 9, 2026 Bangladesh’s 160 was never going to be enough, as Afghanistan strolled home to set up a final date with Zimbabwe Rashid Khan picked up four wickets to skittle Bangladesh for 160, Afghanistan vs Bangladesh, Tri-series, Sharjah, October 21, 2026 Following their defeat in the opening game to Zimbabwe, Bangladesh are in a position where they must win, and win big Taskin Ahmed removed Matt Short with the first ball of the chase, Bangladesh vs Australia, 1st ODI, Mirpur, June 9, 2026 UAE ODI Tri-Series 2026/27, AFG vs BAN 3rd Match Match Preview – Afghanistan stand in Bangladesh’s way for spot in final UAE ODI Tri-Series 2026/27 Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Match Preview: Following their defeat in the opening game to Zimbabwe, Bangladesh are in a position where they must win, and win big Following their defeat in the opening game to Zimbabwe, Bangladesh are in a position where they must win, and win big
