Bangladesh and Afghanistan are all set to take on each other in the second game of the three-match ODI series on Saturday, July 8 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.
Bangladesh and Afghanistan are all set to take on each other in the second game of the three-match ODI series on Saturday, July 8 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. However, Bangladesh could have a new captain in the game as Tamim Iqbal, on Thursday, announced his retirement from international cricket as well. However, Litton has earlier captained the team last year, when Tamim was out of the ODI series against India due to an injury. Having also led teams in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), leadership is not new to Litton as well.
Bangladesh, meanwhile, have roped in Rony Talukdar as a replacement for Tamim Iqbal as well. Talukdar has been quite impressive in T20Is, but he is yet to find his feet in the ODI format of the game. However, Bangladesh lost the first ODI by 17 runs (DLS) after rain played spoilsport. It is also noteworthy that, Towhid Hridoy scored a quick half-century, but his efforts went in vain. Fazalhaq Farooqi won the Player of the Match award for claiming three wickets as well. Seeing this, a good contest can be expected as well.
The match will be live-streamed on FanCode.
Bangladesh: Rony Taulkdar, Litton Das (C), Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim (WK), Shakib Al Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Afif Hossain Dhrubo, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed, and Mustafizur Rahman.
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, and Sayed Shirzad/Zia-ur-Rehman.
Bangladesh Squad: Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Mohammad Naim, Litton Das(w), Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Ebadot Hossain, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam
Afghanistan Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Najibullah Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Shahidullah Kamal, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Zia-ur-Rehman, Wafadar Momand, Sayed Shirzad, Abdul Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mohammad Saleem Safi
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