DHAKA, Oct 7, 2025 (BSS) - Bangladesh are keen to keep up their recent 
domination over Afghanistan as they gear up for the three-match ODI series, 
starting tomorrow (Wednesday) at Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

The match starts at 6 PM (Bangladesh Time) and will be aired live on T Sports 
and Nagorik TV.

Bangladesh are high on confidence at this moment sweeping the just concluded 
three-match T20 International series against Afghanistan.

They went into the T20 series, low on confidence, largely due to their 
disappointing outing in Asia Cup and also their past track record against the 
Afghans.

Afghanistan, dubbed as strong team in T20 format, had also had the upper-hand 
over Bangladesh but the Tigers turned the table emphatically to continue 
their T20 juggernaut and clinched their fourth straight bilateral series in 
this format.

In every T20 game, they dominated Afghanistan, the semifinalist of the 2024 
T20 World, which finally inscribed their name as the top T20 team in the 
world.

Bangladesh, however, will go into the ODI series with a clear upper-hand over 
Afghanistan. They had won 11 and lost eight in 19 meetings with the Afghans 
in this format.

The last time the two teams met in this format was in a three-match series in 
Sharjah in 2024. Afghanistan won that series by 2-1 margin but Bangladesh was 
in a transitional phase in that period following the retirement of some 
experienced players.

This is now the high time for Bangladesh to make avenge for that series 
defeat.

Squad: 

Bangladesh: 
Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Captain), Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Naim Sheikh, Saif Hassan, 
Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali Anik, Shamim Patwari, Nurul 
Hasan Sohan, Rishad Hossain, Tanvir Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, 
Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Hasan Mahmud and Nahid Rana

Afghanistan: 
Hashmatullah Shahidi (Captain), Rahmat Shah (Vice-Captain), Rahmanullah 
Gurbaz (Wicketkeeper), Ikram Alikhil (Wicketkeeper), Ibrahim Zadran, 
Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid 
Khan, Nangyal Kharoti, AM Ghazanfar, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Bashir Ahmad and 
Mohammad Saleem Safi

Reserves: Bilal Sami, Faridoon Dawoodzai.