Bangladesh Playing 11 vs Afghanistan - ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Match 52, Super 8

Bangladesh takes on Afghanistan in the last Super 8 match of the World Cup on Tuesday, June 25. Afghanistan needs to win this match to qualify for the playoffs. A win against the Tigers will give them a very good chance of qualifying.

Bangladesh have lost their previous Super 8 matches to Australia and India. They lost on the DLS method to Australia and lost to India by 50 runs chasing 197 to win. They have looked like the most unsettled team in the tournament so far as well in terms of selection.

They now have no chance of qualifying for the semi-final. The equation they need to overcome is a very tough one. They need to beat Afghanistan by a big margin and hope for other results to go their way. If Australia loses to India by 55 runs then Bangladesh needs to win by 31 or more runs to qualify for the semis along with India assuming the team betting first scores 160.

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The senior players of Bangladesh have not stepped up. Shakib Al Hasan has been inconsistent with the bat and ball. They have an inexperienced skipper in Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mahmudullah is batting way lower down the order.

The rising stars in Towhid Hridoy and Tanzid Hasan Sakib have not been impactful enough to win games for Bangladesh.

Bangladesh Playing 11 vs Afghanistan - ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Match 52, Super 8

Litton Das (WK)

Litton will open the batting. The experienced opener is yet to score a fifty in the tournament. He has struggled to give his team a good start and struggled behind the wickets as well.

Tanzid Hasan

The youngster scored 29 against India after two back-to-back ducks. He is still learning the tricks and trades of international cricket.

Najmul Hossain Shanto (C)

The skipper will slot in at three. He has not scored as many runs as expected of him. His captaincy has been below par-as well.

Shakib Al Hasan

The former skipper should ideally bat at four and give himself enough overs to bat. he scored a half-century against the Netherlands but other than that nothing else.

Towhid Hridoy

The right-hander can bat at five. He is another one of those talented batters in the Bangladesh lineup but has not been consistent with the bat.

Mahmudullah

The veteran batter can slot in at six. He was out of the reckoning from the T20I team but was included for this World Cup. He has not got enough overs to bat.

Jaker Ali

Ali can slot in at seven. He is another wicket-keeper in the lineup who has promised more than delivered. He has just one fifty-plus score in 17 T20Is.

Rishad Hossain

The leggie will bat at eight. He scored 24 in the game against India and has picked up 11 wickets from six games.

Mahedi Hasan

Mahedi Hasan will slot in nine as the bowling all-rounder. He has taken 38 wickets from 50 T20Is. Interestingly, he has played just 11 ODIs and no Test matches thus far.

Tanzim Hasan Sakib

The young pacer has impressed one and all with his pace. He dismissed Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav in the match against India.

Mustafizur Rahman

The Fizz concludes the likely XI for Bangladesh against Afghanistan. He went wicketless against India and was expensive. He has picked up seven wickets from six games so far in this World Cup.

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