Asia Cup 2022, Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Highlights: Najibullah Zadran's 43* helps AFG beat BAN, into Super 4 stage

A length delivery by Nabi on the stumps. Mahmudulah taps it towards long-on. Bangladesh are 50-up!

After 10 overs, Bangladesh: 50/4

A full delivery by Naveen and off. Mosaddek glances it towards wide long-on for a single.

A googly by Rashid and Mushfiqur comes to the front foot to defend, but is beaten on the inside edge and it hits the front pad. Afghanistan review and ball-tracking shows its lbw.

Mushfiqur lbw b Rashid 1 (4)

THIS IS A BIG WICKET! OUT!

A good delivery by Mujeeb, from round the wicket. Shakib fails to connect and it hits the stumps! Mujeeb gets his third!

Shakib b Mujeeb 11 (9)

A length delivery by Naveen, width on offer and Shakib slams it past the point fielder for back-to-back fours!

A full delivery by Naveen on the stumps. Shakib clears his front leg and smacks it to the left of mid-on for a four!

A short length delivery by Mujeeb and Anamul tries to pull-sweep it but misses. Afghanistan go for the review and ball-tracking shows its lbw!

Anamul lbw b Mujeeb 5 (14)

In walks, Mushfiqur.

A length delivery by Farooqi, on the stumps. Shakib defends it with caution. No run.

After three overs, Bangladesh: 10/1

A length delivery by Farooqi on the pads of Anamul, who directs it behind square leg for a double.

Mujeeb pitches it on a length, outside off. A carrom ball and Naim fails to connect well and it goes between bat and pad, to hit the leg stump!

OUT!

Naim b Mujeeb 6 (8)

In walks, Shakib.

A low full toss by Farooqi, on the stumps and Naim hammers it down the ground between mid-off and mid-on for a four!

A full delivery by Farooqi to start with and Naim directs it to mid-off. No run.

Mohammad Naim and Anamul Haque to open for Bangladesh. Fazalhaq Farooq to bowl for Afghanistan.

Both teams are in the field for their respective national anthems!

Bangladesh: Mohammad Naim, Anamul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan(c), Afif Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman

Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi(c), Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi

After toss, Nabi said, "The way we played last game was brilliant, the morale of the team is high and we want to play the same way today. Same team today. Maybe it will be a bit low today, this pitch. We will look to keep them to a low total."

After winning the toss, Shakib said, "We will bat first. It will be difficult for Afghanistan, so that is what we will look to do. We have three spinners and two seamers - so our bowling is pretty much covered. Afghanistan is a very good side in T20 format, we have prepared well for their bowlers hopefully we can show what we can do. (On Asia Cup) We are all neighbouring countries, everyone wants to watch us play each other so I am happy to be part of such a competition."

Bangladesh captain Shakib wins toss and opts to bat against Afghanistan.

The temperature is expected to be around 35 degrees Celsius, with 45% humidity expected.

Afghanistan defeated Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup 2022 opener. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 105 in 19.4 overs with Fazalhaq Farooqi taking three wickets in 3.4 overs. Chasing 106, Afghanistan reached 106 for two in 10.1 overs with Hazratullah Zazai smacking an unbeaten knock of 37 runs off 28 balls, in Dubai.

1. Rashid Khan (BAN) - 14 wickets in seven matches (AVE: 10.28, BBI: 4/12, Eco: 5.53)

2. Shakib Al Hasan (AFG) - 10 wickets in eight matches

3. Mujeeb Ur Rahman (AFG) - 7 wickets in six matches

1. Mahmudullah (BAN) - 169 runs in eight matches

2. Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN) - 149 runs in seven matches

3. Mohammad Nabi (AFG) - 141 runs in eight matches

4. Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) - 137 runs in eight matches

Ahead of the match, Rashid said, "We haven’t played much international cricket, especially the longer format. It’s just about the FTP (future tours programme), it’s not in the hand of the players."

"We want to play a lot of international cricket, that gives opportunities as youngsters come up through that. They should get the kind of environment where they can promote their cricket and skills."

All-rounder Mehedy said ahead of the game, "We will meet in the field and at that end of the day the good team will win the match and what I feel is that we have to prove it in the field because if we play well certainly everyone will know who is a good team and who is a bad team so instead of predicting before I think it is important to play well on the field."

"Look the first match is very important for any tournament because it will dictate how far we will go and what cricket we are going to play because it will set the tone of the team," he further added.

Both sides have faced each other 8 times in T20Is, with Bangladesh winning thrice. Meanwhile, Afghanistan have claimed victory five times.