Bangladesh will go head to head against Afghanistan in their campaign opener match of the Cricket World Cup 2023. The 3rd Match of the CWC is set to take place at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala. Both the teams faced each other last in the ODI Asia Cup 2023 in Pakistan where Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan by 89 runs.
Afghanistan side will be led by batsman Hashmatullah Shahidi and the Bangladesh team will be captained by Shakib Al Hasan.
Let’s see the head to head record between BAN and AFG.
Bangladesh and Afghanistan have faced each other 15 times in the ODI format. Bangladesh has an upper edge with 9 wins and Afghanistan won on 6 occasions.
Afghanistan has defeated Bangladesh at their home in a 3-match ODI series in July 2023 and then Bangladesh avenged it by winning in the Asia Cup 2023 clash in Pakistan. Both the sides always bring up a thriller fight and this will be yet another one of their neck to neck fights.
Matches | BAN Won | AFG Won | Tie | No Result | |
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Overall | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
In Bangladesh | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
In Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Neutral Venue | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bangladesh has been playing in every World Cup since 1999 and Afghanistan made its debut in 2015. Both the teams faced each other twice in the World Cups and Bangladesh managed to emerge victorious on both occasions.
Matches | BAN Won | AFG Won | Tie | No Result | |
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Cricket World Cup (ODI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |