Check out LIVE cricket scorecard from the first T20I between Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
File image of Shakib Al Hasan. Reuters
Toss update: Bangladesh won the toss and opted to field in the first T20I against Afghanistan on Friday.
Preview: Bangladesh take on Afghanistan in a two-match T20I series that starts in Sylhet on Friday.
Bangladesh will be looking to return to winning ways after losing the ODI series with a 2-1 scoreline.
Related Articles
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan: Fazalhaq Farooqi shines as visitors win rain-curtailed 1st ODI
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Highlights, 1st ODI in Chattogram: AFG beat BAN by 17 runs via DLS method
For Bangladesh, Towhid Hriday was one of the silver linings after he scored a fifty in the first ODI, and he would be looking to carry on that sort of form with the bat in the T20Is.
As far as the pace attack is concerned, the onus will rely on Taskin Ahmed and Hasan Mahmud, both of them have been dependable so far.
For Afghanistan, Hazratullah Zazai and Rahmanullah Gurbaz will all but open the batting.
Mohammad Shahzad, who last played a T20I in 2021, is back in the Afghanistan squad but it remains to be seen if he gets a chance.
For all the latest Sports News Click Here
