Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first in their first game of the ICC World Cup 2015 match against Afghanistan being played on Feb 18, 2015.
“Looks like a good track. We can put up a good total,” says Bangla skipper Mortaza after the toss.
The optimistic Afghan skipper Mansoor say’s: “I hope this is the start of a great and strong journey for Afghanistan’s ODI side. Today can be historic and may mark the birth of Afghanistan’s cricket in the international arena. Good luck my Afghanistan!”
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The squads are as below:
Bangladesh Playing XI: Tamim Iqbal, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Mortaza, Anamul Haque, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Soumya Sarkar, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed.
Afghanistan Playing XI: Asghar Stanikzai, Samiullah Shenwari, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Mirwais Ashraf, Aftab Alam, Shapoor Zadran,Afsar Zazai, Javed Ahmadi, Nawroz Mangal, Hamid Hassan.
When last reports came in, the Bangladesh score was 111/3 in 28 overs. Ashraf picked both the openers wickets for Afghanistan.
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Viewers in Bangladesh can watch the live telecast on Bangladesh TV and Lemar will be beaming the matches in Afghanistan.
A bright and sunny day with 27 degrees with no rain predicted for the day makes the match more interesting. There was a slight delay in the start of the match as the national anthems of both the teams were longer and took a little more time than the organizers expected.
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