Bangladesh vs Afghanistan (in UAE) | ODI series 2024

[Kriterion_BD]

About 48 hours to go. Big series here. Afghanistan just defeated South Africa in an ODI series, and while SA may (or may not) have been missing some players, that just adds one more feather on their cap. Afghanistan are no longer white ball pushovers, having come a hair's width from the ODI world cup semi-finals last year, and then making the T20 semifinals a few months later, indicating that they can learn from their mistakes and make adjustments as necessary.

Both teams will take this as preparation for the Champions Trophy which is now only 4 months away, with the Afghans set to make their Champions Trophy debut.

Also at stake are ODI rankings points. Bangladesh finding that their poor form in their traditionally strongest format has left them just two points ahead of the Afghans, and whoever wins the series will jump or stay ahead of the other in the battle for the 8th spot in the global rankings chart.

Ibrahim Zadran is out with an ankle injury...but lookout for Sediqullah Atal who was scoring runs for fun in the T20 Emerging Asia Cup last month, as Afghanistan won the tournament for the first time in their history.

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Chasing 235, Bangladesh went from 133-3 to 140 all out.

They lost the last 7 wickets the way Kamala lost the 7 battleground states

[eugene]

Amazing that Afghanistan are so strong. How does a war torn stone age country keep producing talent? Is there nothing else for people to do than play cricket?

[Kriterion_BD]

Amazing that Afghanistan are so strong. How does a war torn stone age country keep producing talent? Is there nothing else for people to do than play cricket?

Naturally gifted athletes, talented cricketers plus a good amount of grit and determination. Tremendous heart as well to struggle against all odds with heads held high, probably only surpassed by the Palestinian people. Afghans also always seem to at least try, even when they play poorly you get the sense that its not due to complacency or lack of focus.

Good ole fashion 2000s type ODIs these in Sharjah were 225-250 is a competitive total. Kind of refreshing to see once in a while from the 350 par score games.