SOUTHAMPTON – Bangladesh brushed aside Afghanistan by 62 runs in a fresh encounter of ICC World Cup 2019 at the Rose Bowl cricket ground on Monday.
Batting first, set a target of 263 runs against Afghanistan as Mushfiqur Rahim scored 83 runs while Shakib al Hasan contributed 51 to the target in 50 overs; Bangladesh lost seven wickets in its innings.
In response, Afghanistan scored 200 runs in 47 overs; Samiullah Shenwari scored 49 runs while Gulbadin Naib contributed 47 to the total.
Afghanistna is already at the bottom on the points table.
Afghanistan’s Squad:
Gulbadin Naib (c), Noor Ali Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah (wk), Asghar Afghan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Aftab Alam, Hamid Hassan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Ikram Ali Khil.
Bangladesh Squad:
Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Liton Das, Mahmudullah, Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman
