Asia Cup 2018: Match 6, Bangladesh vs Afghanistan – Statistical Preview

Bangladesh and Afghanistan made it to the Super Fours round of the Asia Cup 2018 with big wins over Sri Lanka and will now face off against each other in an inconsequential Group B game. Afghanistan will be hoping to sort out their batting issues as they failed to accelerate towards the end of their innings after a solid performance by their top-order. Bangladesh, on the other hand, will be without Tamim Iqbal, who stands among the best ODI batsmen in the last 2-3 years.

All the key stats and numbers ahead of the final game of the Group Stages in Asia Cup 2018:

2-3 – Afghanistan’s win-loss record in the ODI format against Bangladesh. However, they ended up on the winning side the only time they played Bangladesh in the Asia Cup.

5 – Afghanistan have won their previous five ODI matches where they chased a total. In all those five matches, Afghans were put into bat after having lost the toss.

20 – Rashid Khan will play the game against Bangladesh on his 20th birthday. He holds the record for most ODI wickets (110), most T20I wickets (64) and most International wickets (176) before turning 20.

28.49 – Afghanistan spinners’ bowling strike-rate of 28.49 in ODI cricket since the Champions Trophy 2017 is the best for any team. (Min: 10 matches played)

Their average of 19.12 is also the highest for any team’s spinners. The Afghan spinners have collectively bagged 119 wickets in just 19 matches in these 15 months.

50.66 – Mushfiqur Rahim is one of the three players with 50+ batting average while batting at No.4 in the ODI format since the start of 2014. The Bangladesh keeper-batsman scored 1773 runs at an average of 50.66 in 40 innings with five centuries and 12 fifties.

83.33 – Bangladesh’s win percentage in the ODI format while batting first in 2018 is the best among all the teams who batted in five and more games this year. They won five of the six matches while batting first and lost once when they were bowled out for just 82.

672 – Runs Rahmat Shah has scored in the 15 ODI innings in 2018. He averages 44.8 with a century and six fifties. Rahmat’s runs, average and fifty-plus scores are the most for him in an ODI calendar year.

4972 – Mushfiqur Rahim has scored 4972 runs in his ODI career thus far. He needs 28 more runs to become the 3rd player after Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan to score 5000 ODI runs for Bangladesh.

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