Bangladeshi cricket team against Afghanistan in 2018 | |||
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Afghanistan | Bangladesh | ||
Dates | 1 – 7 June 2018 | ||
Captains | Asghar Stanikzai | Shakib Al Hasan | |
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | Afghanistan won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
Most runs | Samiullah Shinwari (118) |
Mahmudullah (88) Mushfiqur Rahim (88) | |
Most wickets | Rashid Khan (8) | Abu Jayed (3) | |
Player of the series | Rashid Khan (Afg) |
The Bangladesh cricket team toured India to play three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) against the Afghanistan cricket team in Dehradun.[1]
Afghanistan won the first two matches of the series, therefore giving them an unassailable lead.[2] This gave them their first bilateral T20I series win against another Test team other than Zimbabwe.[3][4] Afghanistan went on to win the series 3–0.[5]
Originally the matches were scheduled to be played as One Day Internationals (ODIs),[6] but the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) agreed to change the fixtures to T20Is in preparation for the 2020 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.[1] In May 2018, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) confirmed that all three matches will be played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium.[7] These were the first international cricket matches to be played at the venue.[8]
Ahead of the T20Is, Bangladesh played a practice match against Afghanistan A.[9]
Prior to this series, Afghanistan and Bangladesh had only played each other once before in a T20I, in the group stage of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament, with Bangladesh winning by nine wickets.[10]
Afghanistan[11] | Bangladesh[12] |
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Ahead of the series, Mustafizur Rahman was ruled out of Bangladesh's squad due to injury.[13] Abul Hasan was named as his replacement.[14] Hazratullah Zazai was added to Afghanistan's squad ahead of the first T20I.[15]
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Following season: International cricket in 2018–19 |
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Bangladesh | |
Canada | |
Ireland | |
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West Indies | |
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