Spirited Afghanistan take on Bangladesh in their second Super Four match on Sunday at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
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# Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat.
Afghanistan had been gritty throughout the tournament except for the last match which they lost by 3 runs against Pakistan. Afghanistan’s skipper Afghan had earlier mentioned that he is not in the tournament just to participate but to win and he standing by his statement. The bowling line-up has been tremendous with Rashid Khan being Afghanistan’s star bowler.
Bangladesh, on the other hand, have won just one match against Sri Lanka. Afghanistan have defeated Bangladesh once in the innings on Thursday and the latter will have to put up a good show on Sunday to survive the tournament.
Bangladesh has not been in a good form in the ongoing Asia Cup and will have to up their game as they face Afghanistan in the Super four match.
Squad:
Bangladesh (From): Liton Das, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mohammad Mithun, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Mehidy Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Ariful Haque, Nazmul Islam, Abu Hider Rony, Mominul Haque, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes
Afghanistan (From): Mohammad Shahzad(w), Ihsanullah Janat, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Asghar Afghan(c), Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Aftab Alam, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Javed Ahmadi, Samiullah Shenwari, Munir Ahmad, Sayed Shirzad, Sharafuddin Ashraf
Source: Zee News