Bangladesh choose to bat first against Afghanistan

Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat first against Afghanistan in Match No 4 of Asia Cup 2023 at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Sunday. 

Bangladesh have been in back foot after losing their first game to co-host Sri Lanka by five wickets. So the second game against Afghanistan turned out to be a 'do or die' game for them.

Bangladesh in fact got the taste of how dangerous the Afghans bowling could be when they suffered a 2-1 defeat in three-match series at their own den against Rashid Khan and Co. two months ago.

Afghanistan became the only second team to beat Bangladesh at their own backyard after England since 2015. 

Bangladesh: 1 Mohammad Naim, 2 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 5 Towhid Hridoy, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 7 Shamim Hossain, 8 Afif Hossain, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Shoriful Islam, 11 Hasan Mahmud

Afghanistan: 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Ibrahim Zadran, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), 5 Najibullah Zadran, 6 Mohammad Nabi, 7 Karim Janat, 8 Gulbadin Naib, 9 Rashid Khan, 10 Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 11 Fazalhaq Farooqi