2015 ICC Cricket World Cup Match 7 Pool A - Bangladesh Vs Afghanistan @Canberra,Australia Wednesday Feb 18, 2015

   

 

Afghanistan lose on World Cup debut

Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat first

Squads

Bangladesh

Tamim Iqbal

Anamul Haque

Mominul Haque

Mushfiqur Rahim (W)

Sabbir Rahman

Shakib Al Hasan

Mohammad Mahmudullah

Mashrafe Mortaza (C)

Soumya Sarkar

Rubel Hossain Taskin Ahmed

Afghanistan Afsar Zazai (W) Javed Ahmadi Nowroz Mangal Asghar Stanikzai Samiullah Shenwari Mohammad Nabi (C) Najibullah Zadran Mirwais Ashraf Aftab Alam Shapoor Zadran Hamid Hassan Afghanistan fans cheer on their side during the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup match against Bangladesh Afhan families watch the Cricket World cup match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh in Kabul   Afghan refugees watch the cricket match against Bangladesh in a restaurant in Peshawar    Afghanistan's historic first World Cup match ended in a 105-run defeat by Bangladesh in Canberra For Afghanistan, becoming the 20th team to take part in a World Cup is the continuation of a remarkable journey that has been set against the backdrop of continuing conflict in their homeland. Mushfiqur Rahim (71) and Shakib Al Hasan (63) helped Bangladesh to 267 Runs Mushfiqur Rahim (71) played the crucial innings for Bangladesh, adding 114 with Shakib Al Hasan (63)  Chasing 268, the Afghans did not recover from being 3-3 after three overs and were bowled out for 162. Afghanistan had earlier acquitted themselves well with the ball, reducing Bangladesh to 119-4 and claiming six wickets for 34 runs at the end of the innings.

Scorecard

Bangladesh 267 (50 overs): Mushfiqur 71, Shakib 63
Afghanistan 162 (42.5 overs): Samiullah 42, Mortaza 3-20
Match Result - Bangladesh won by 105 Runs
MOM -