Afghan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2021–22

The Afghanistan cricket team toured Bangladesh in February and March 2022 to play three One Day International (ODI) and two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] The ODI series formed part of the inaugural 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.[3][4] On 1 February 2022, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed the schedule for the tour.[5][6] The ODI matches took place in Chittagong, with the T20I matches played in Dhaka.[7][8]

Afghan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2021–22
 
  Bangladesh Afghanistan
Dates 23 February – 5 March 2022
Captains Tamim Iqbal (ODIs)
Mahmudullah (T20Is)		 Hashmatullah Shahidi (ODIs)
Mohammad Nabi (T20Is)
One Day International series
Results Bangladesh won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Litton Das (223) Rahmat Shah (133)
Most wickets Shakib Al Hasan (5) Fazalhaq Farooqi (6)
Player of the series Litton Das (Ban)
Twenty20 International series
Results 2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Litton Das (73) Hazratullah Zazai (65)
Most wickets Nasum Ahmed (4) Fazalhaq Farooqi (5)
Azmatullah Omarzai (5)
Player of the series Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afg)

On 13 February 2022, the Afghanistan team arrived in Sylhet to begin a week-long training camp ahead of the matches.[9] However, shortly after the team arrived, eight Afghan cricketers and three members of their support staff tested positive for COVID-19.[10] As a result, the entire touring party was placed into isolation for 48 hours.[11] On 16 February 2022, all of Afghanistan's touring party returned negative COVID-19 tests.[12] The team had requested a second round of testing after they believed the first round returned false positives.[13]

In the first ODI, Afghanistan made 215 runs in their innings.[14] In reply, Bangladesh were reduced to 45/6 in the twelfth over of their run chase, with Fazalhaq Farooqi taking four wickets.[15] However, Afif Hossain and Mehidy Hasan then made an unbeaten 174-run partnership, with Bangladesh reaching 219/6 to win the match by four wickets.[16] The 174-run stand between Afif Hossain and Mehidy Hasan was the highest seventh-wicket partnership for Bangladesh in an ODI match,[17] and the second-highest seventh-wicket partnership in ODI cricket.[18] In the second ODI, Litton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim set a new third-wicket partnership record for Bangladesh, with 202 runs.[19] Bangladesh went on to win the match by 88 runs, winning the series with a match to play.[20] Afghanistan won the third ODI by seven wickets, with Rahmanullah Gurbaz scoring an unbeaten century.[21] Bangladesh won the ODI series 2–1.[22]

Bangladesh won the first T20I match by 61 runs,[23] after they had made 155/8 in their innings, and bowling Afghanistan out for 94 runs.[24] Afghanistan won the second T20I match by eight wickets, with the series drawn 1–1.[25]

Squads
ODIs T20Is
 Bangladesh[26]  Afghanistan[27]  Bangladesh[28]  Afghanistan[29]

Qais Ahmad and Mohammad Saleem were both named as travelling reserves in Afghanistan's team for the ODI matches.[30] Prior to the first T20I match, Nurul Hasan was added to Bangladesh's squad, after Mushfiqur Rahim suffered an injury.[31]

ODI series

1st ODI
23 February 2022
11:00
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
215 (49.1 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
219/6 (48.5 overs)
Najibullah Zadran 67 (84)
Mustafizur Rahman 3/35 (9.1 overs)
Afif Hossain 93* (115)
Fazalhaq Farooqi 4/54 (10 overs)
Bangladesh won by 4 wickets
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban)
Player of the match: Mehidy Hasan (Ban)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Yasir Ali (Ban) made his ODI debut.
  • Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) became the first player to take 100 wickets across all three formats of international cricket at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.[32]
  • World Cup Super League points: Bangladesh 10, Afghanistan 0.

2nd ODI
25 February 2022
11:00
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
306/4 (50 overs)
v
 Afghanistan
218 (45.1 overs)
Litton Das 136 (126)
Fareed Ahmad 2/56 (8 overs)
Najibullah Zadran 54 (61)
Shakib Al Hasan 2/29 (9 overs)
Bangladesh won by 88 runs
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Litton Das (Ban)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Mushfiqur Rahim (Ban) scored his 13,000th run in international cricket across all formats.[33]
  • World Cup Super League points: Bangladesh 10, Afghanistan 0.

3rd ODI
28 February 2022
11:00
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
192 (46.5 overs)
v
 Afghanistan
193/3 (40.1 overs)
Litton Das 86 (113)
Rashid Khan 3/37 (10 overs)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 106* (110)
Mehidy Hasan 2/37 (8.1 overs)
Afghanistan won by 7 wickets
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban)
Player of the match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afg)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • World Cup Super League points: Afghanistan 10, Bangladesh 0.
  • Rashid Khan (Afg) took his 150th wicket in ODIs.[34]

T20I series

1st T20I
3 March 2022
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
155/8 (20 overs)
v
 Afghanistan
94 (17.4 overs)
Litton Das 60 (44)
Fazalhaq Farooqi 2/27 (4 overs)
Najibullah Zadran 27 (26)
Nasum Ahmed 4/10 (4 overs)
Bangladesh won by 61 runs
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (Ban) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Nasum Ahmed (Ban)

2nd T20I
5 March 2022
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
115/9 (20 overs)
v
 Afghanistan
121/2 (17.4 overs)
Mushfiqur Rahim 30 (25)
Fazalhaq Farooqi 3/18 (4 overs)
Hazratullah Zazai 59* (45)
Mahmudullah 1/2 (1 over)
Afghanistan won by 8 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Gazi Sohel (Ban)
Player of the match: Azmatullah Omarzai (Afg)

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