The 1st T20 match of Afghanistan tour of Bangladesh, 2022 is scheduled to be held on Thursday 3rd March 2022 at The Shere -E Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka.

Bangladesh will be disappointed with its performance in the last ODI. Especially the batting order of Bangal Tiger failed to put some big runs on the board. Their top batting order performed well but their middle and lower batting order was underperform. Like in ODIs, Bangladesh has a good history of winning the T20 matches played at their home venues. They also had made some changes in their squad for this t20 series. They had given a chance to their young players who performed well in the recent edition of BPL T20.

Afghanistan bounced back strongly after losing two early ODI matches and a handsome win in the last ODI may have boosted the confidence of the Afghanistan team. Afghanistan’s team is very dangerous when they come to the shorter format of cricket. Their most players had been playing in big leagues of the world like IPL, PSL, BBL, and others. We are sure that they are going to give a tough time to Bangladesh in the conditions of Dhaka. Afghanistan also had made some major changes in their squad for this series.

Bangladesh had played 6 T20 matches against Afghanistan where Afghanistan had won 2 matches while Bangladesh had won 4 matches against Afghanistan.

According to our cricket match prediction, Bangladesh is the favorite team to win this match. The reasons why Bangladesh is a favorite team in this match, are mentioned below:

• Bangladesh had won the ODI series very easily
• Afghanistan had won four out of six matches played against Afghanistan
• Bangladesh had a good record when they play in home conditions
• The batting order of Afghanistan is strong at least on papers
• The bowling unit of Afghanistan is also much stronger

Bangladesh has a strong batting order and bowling unit as compared to Afghanistan, so the winning chances of Bangladesh for today’s match have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

Bangladesh has a 52% chance to win this match
Afghanistan has a 48% chance to win this match

The toss can play an important role in the decision of this match. According to toss prediction, the team that will win the toss may elect to bat first.

The 1st T20 match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan is going to be played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka. The pitch at this stadium is excellent for batting. The boundaries at this venue are short and will bring the spinners into play. The pitch will continue to be good for batting throughout the match.

The weather forecast in Dhaka on match day is not very good. There are some chances of rain but that is possible that we may have an interrupted match.

Captain: Shakib Al Hasan
Vice-Captain: Rashid Khan
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Naim, Najibullah Zadran, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed

Date: Thursday, 3rd March 2022
Time: 09:00 AM GMT / 03:00 PM LOCAL / 03:00 PM BD

Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Opened: 2006
Capacity: 25,000
Ends: Ispahani End, Aqua Paints End
Time Zone: UTC +06:00
Other Sports: it is home to Football
Floodlights: Yes

Tamim Iqbal(c), Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Mahmudullah, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Yasir Ali, Ebadot Hossain.