Afghan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2016–17
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The Afghanistan cricket team toured Bangladesh in September and October 2016 to play three One Day Internationals (ODIs) matches.[1][2] This was Afghanistan's first full series against a Test-playing side other than Zimbabwe and was the first bilateral series between the two sides.[1] It was also Bangladesh's first home bilateral ODI series against an Associate Nation since Ireland toured in 2008.[3] Ahead of the ODI series there was a fifty-over warm-up game between the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI and Afghanistan in Fatullah.[4]
Afghan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2016–17 | |||
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Bangladesh | Afghanistan | ||
Dates | 23 September – 1 October 2016 | ||
Captains | Mashrafe Mortaza | Asghar Stanikzai | |
One Day International series | |||
Results | Bangladesh won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
Most runs | Tamim Iqbal (218) | Rahmat Shah (107) | |
Most wickets | Taskin Ahmed (7) | Rashid Khan (7) | |
Player of the series | Tamim Iqbal (Ban) |
Afghanistan won the warm-up match by 66 runs[5] and Bangladesh won the ODI series 2–1. This was Bangladesh's sixth consecutive series victory in ODIs.[6]