Afghanistan vs Bangladesh 2nd ODI: Preview and Predictions

After a disappointing opening game performance by the visitors, Bangladesh will be looking to bounce back in the second ODI as they face Afghanistan in Sharjah.

Ahead of the second ODI, here are our match preview and predictions.

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Afghanistan vs Bangladesh 2nd ODI | 15:30 IST, November 9

After electing to bat on a slow Sharjah wicket in the opening game, Mustafizur Rahman put the hosts in a spot of bother as they were reeling at 71/5 before Hasmatullah Shahidi and Mohammad Nabi put on a 104-run partnership to rescue the innings. Nabi missed out on a well-deserved century, while their skipper, Shahidi, scored a half-century and some late runs from the young Nangialai Kharoti saw Afghanistan put up a respectable 235. With the ball, it was an AM Ghazanfar show as he ran through the Bangladeshi innings. Barring some starts at the top of the order, it was a complete collapse as the visitors went from 120-2 to lose their last eight wickets in matter of 23 runs. 

For Bangladesh, one of the scarce positives was that both their strike bowlers, Taskin Ahmed and Rahman, were among the wickets, but the team know they had the game in their hands when they got Afghanistan to 71/5 but failed to close out the innings. With the bat, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto, and Mehidy Hasan Miraz all got starts, and it looked like Bangladesh would cruise to a comfortable win at 120-2, but a complete collapse is something Shanto will expect his batters to rectify. The skipper will be counting on his senior batters to step up and build on their starts to get the big scores on slow pitches.

Playing once again in Sharjah, it will be another slow strip that is unlikely to see a lot of runs but should help the slow bowlers. Count on the hosts to build on their momentum and close out the series.

Fantasy XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Soumya Sarkar, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mahmudullah, Mohammad Nabi, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rashid Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mustafizur Rahman, AM Ghazanfar

Venue: Sharjah
Winners Prediction: Afghanistan