The eternal strugglers Bangladesh will open their campaign against a high-flying team in Afghanistan in the Asia Cup 2022.
It will be the first match of Asia Cup 2022 that will be played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Bangladesh once again have a new captain in Shakib Al Hasan while Mohammad Nabi’s boys hammered Sri Lanka by 8 wickets.
Bangladesh will be aiming to improve their ordinary T20 record against a confident Afghanistan in the Asia Cup here on Tuesday. Afghanistan pacers blew away the Sri Lankan batting in the opening game. Bangladesh, on the other hand, will be playing their tournament opener. The Shakib Al Hasan-led side will be aiming to improve their recent record in the shortest format, having won just two games out of 13 since the World Cup last year.
Afghanistan pacers Fazalhaq Farooqi and Naveen-ul-Haq had broken the backbone of Sri Lanka batting. Their batters had chased down the 105-run target in 10.1 overs.
Speaking ahead of the game, Bangladesh all-rounder Mehedy Hasan said his team would like to respond to Dasun Shanaka’s claim on the field. Shanaka had rated Afghanistan higher than Bangladesh’s.
“I don’t want to make a comment that this team is good and this team is bad. I think good and bad are proven in the field. A good team can lose if they play badly on that specific day. Similarly, a bad team can win if they play a good game of cricket. We will meet in the field and at the end of the day the good team will win the match,” said Hasan.
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