BAN vs AFG, ICC CWC 2019 Toss Report & Playing 11: Afghanistan Skipper Gulbadin Naib Wins Toss, Elects To Bowl First Against Bangladesh
Bangladesh are facing the Afghanistan cricket team on June 24, Monday at Southampton in match 31 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 and will look to keep their semi-finals hopes alive by winning the match. On the other hand, Afghanistan will look to bring up their first victory in the world cup. The Gulbadin Naib led men have played in the tournament but failed to win a match.
Bangladesh will square off against Afghanistan in the match no 31 of ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC), 2019. The action will take place at Rose Bowl Cricket Ground, Southampton. Bangladesh are currently having 5 points with 6th position on the point table. They will look forward for a big win in today's game, in order to move up the table and strengthen up their net run rate. On the other hand, Afghanistan hasn't won a single game yet, however they gave tough time to India by restricting them to a total of 224/8 in 50 overs, unfortunately they ended up losing it by 12 runs. The toss has been delayed due to rain early morning, hopefully it should not play a spoilsport in the match ahead. Meanwhile, Afghanistan skipper Gulbadin Naib has won the toss and elected bowl first. Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Cricket Score 31th ODI Match.
Bangladesh has been performing well in this World Cup 2019 with a never say die attitude. Their batsmen Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakin Al Hasan have been contributing well with the bat. They lost their last game against Australia, but Rahim scored a fine century in that match, however it wasn't enough to chase down a mammoth target of 382 runs. Live Cricket Streaming of Bangladesh vs Afghanistan ODI Match on Gazi TV, Hotstar and Star Sports: Watch Free Telecast and Live Score of BAN vs AFG ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Clash on TV and Online.
Bangladesh Playing XI: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Liton Das, Mehidy Hasan, Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Mustafizur Rahman
Afghanistan Playing XI: Gulbadin Naib(c), Samiullah Shinwari, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Ikram Ali Khil(w), Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Bangladesh and Afghanistan have only met once in the World Cup tournament, where Bangla Tigers won the match. Afghanistan has no chance of qualifying for the semis, but they will leave no stone unturned to create an impact in CWC 2019. Bangladesh should be cautious in today's game and play carefully to avoid an upset.
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