Afghanistan will compete bangladesh In the first match of the three-match ODI series. This article provides details about the playing 11 of Afghanistan vs Bangladesh for the first match of the series.
Afghanistan vs Bangladesh Playing XI- 1st ODI, Afghanistan vs Bangladesh 2025:
Openers: Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK)
Afghanistan will be looking to end the first of three ODIs against Bangladesh with a win, albeit in a different format, as the team is currently on a losing streak.
Afghanistan are expected to open the batting with the pair of wicket-keeper batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran, both of whom are very experienced batsmen as far as the batting lineup is concerned.
The pair have been an integral part of Afghanistan in white-ball cricket and even more so in ODI cricket, with the kind of starts they have been able to provide, especially in the last few years.
The team management would like him to continue the good work and make important contributions individually too, given that he has been in good form and will look to continue that in the first match against Bangladesh.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan.
The opening pair will be followed by the middle order who will bat deep, preferably up to number eight, with T20I captain Rashid Khan coming into that particular position.
Although the hosts bat up to number nine, that depth has not been very useful to them, as the top and middle order have not been able to provide a platform for the lower order batsmen to take advantage.
The Afghan management would like the batsmen to perform much better than the way they batted in the recently concluded T20I series against the same opponent.
Afghanistan can look to bat first after winning the toss and score 270-280 runs on the board, as the team has the resources to defend it.
The onus will be on the top five batsmen to score most of the team’s runs and help them reach above-par scores while batting first, or to create a solid platform for the lower middle order batsmen to take advantage of and finish off the match.
Bowlers: Nangeyalia Kharotte, AM Ghazanfar, Abdullah Ahmadzai
Afghans will once again rely on their spinners in the first ODI against Bangladesh at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium.
Afghanistan are expected to go into the match with four specialist spinners as conditions are expected to be dry, with Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi being the two experienced spinners in the playing eleven.
Rashid and Nabi will be supported by young spinners Ghazanfar and Kharote, while the fast bowling department of the team will be handled by Abdullah Ahmedzai and Azmatullah Omarzai.
The only thing that Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi will be worried about is the amount of dew that will affect the play in the second innings if they bowl in the second innings.
