Asia Cup 2025: Bangladesh win toss, bat first against Afghanistan

ABU DHABI: Bangladesh have won the toss and decided to bat first against Afghanistan in the ninth fixture of the ACC Men’s Asia Cup 2025 clash here at the Zayed Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

Squads

Bangladesh XI: Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Saif Hassan, Litton Das (capt & wk), Towhid Hridoy, Nurul Hasan, Jaker Ali, Shamim Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed

Afghanistan XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sediqullah Atal, Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan (capt), Noor Ahmad, AM Ghazanfar, Fazalhaq Farooqi

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD: 

Afghanistan and Bangladesh have faced each other 12 times in the T20I format. Afghanistan has a slight edge with seven victories, whereas Bangladesh has emerged victorious on five occasions.

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