AFG vs BAN Match Preview- 1st ODI, Afghanistan vs Bangladesh 2025

Afghanistan will face Bangladesh in the first game of the three-match ODI series. The AFG vs BAN Match Preview provides today's match details for the first ODI of the Bangladesh tour of Afghanistan 2025.

AFG vs BAN Match Preview- 1st ODI, Afghanistan vs Bangladesh 2025

Date and Venue:

The AFG vs BAN match will be played on October 8 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. The game will start at 5:30 PM IST.

Squads:

Afghanistan

Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmat Shah, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ikram Alikhil, Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangeyalia Kharote, AM Ghazanfar, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Bashir Ahmad, Mohammad Saleem Safi. Reserves: Bilal Sami and Faridoon Dawoodzai

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Bangladesh

Mehidy Hasan Miraz (c), Tanzid Hasan, Mohammad Naim, Saif Hassan, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali, Shamim Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Tanvir Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana

AFG vs BAN Key battles:

Ibrahim Zadran vs Taskin Ahmed

Ibrahim Zadran, who is expected to open the innings for Afghanistan in the ODI series against Bangladesh, would like to get the team off to a good start in the first outing.

Zadran will have to tackle the bowling of Taskin Ahmed, who will take the new ball for Bangladesh.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz vs Mehidy Hasan Miraz

Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who will partner with Gurbaz, would hope to continue the form that he has shown in ODI cricket in the last couple of years.

Gurbaz will go head-to-head against Bangladesh's ODI captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who is making a comeback after not being a part of the T20I setup.

Najmul Hossain Shanto vs Azmatullah Omarzai

Former Bangladeshi captain Najmul Hossain Shanto should find a place preferably at number three, after missing out on doing so in the T20I squad.

Shanto will face the challenge of Afghan fast bowling all-rounders, Azmatullah Omarzai, who has been in good wicket-taking form in the last two years in ODI cricket, and would want to carry that in this series as well.

Jaker Ali vs Rashid Khan

Bangladesh's captain in the T20I series, Jaker Ali, will also play a crucial role in the team's middle order as a wicketkeeper batter in the absence of Litton Das, who wasn't a part of the recently concluded T20I series either due to injury.

Jaker would wish to get some runs under his belt when he faces one of Afghanistan's most experienced spinners, Rashid Khan, who picked up wickets in the T20I series against the same opposition.

AFG vs BAN Key Players:

AFG- Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai

BAN- Saif Hassan, Towhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman

AFG vs BAN Weather Report:

There is no chance of rain during the game in Abu Dhabi with a maximum temperature of 38°C and a minimum of 28°C.

Conclusion

Both Afghanistan and Bangladesh would look to start the ODI series with a win, which succeeds the T20I series between the two teams that Bangladesh won by a margin of three matches to none.