Bangladesh v Afghanistan, 1st ODI – Statistical Highlights

Bangladesh kept their successful record in ODIs at home sneaking in with a 7-run win against the Afghanistan in the first of the 3-match ODI series at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur. After electing to bat, Bangladesh were bowled out for 265 on the very last ball of their innings. Afghanistan were favorites to win the game having lost just 2 wickets in the first 40 overs. But the Bangladesh bowlers came up with some excellent death bowling in the last 5 overs as the visitors managed only 258 and got bowled out on the very last ball. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

0 – Number of times before this game, both the teams in match got bowled out on the very last ball of their innings in ODI history.

1 – Shakib Al Hasan is the only bowler to be leading wicket taker for a country in all the 3 formats.

2.625 – Mashrafe Mortaza’s win/loss ratio as a captain is the 4th best among the players who have led in at least 25 ODIs. Bangladesh has won 21 out of 29 ODIs in which Mortaza acted as captain.

6 – This is Bangladesh’s 6th consecutive ODI win. Their best streak is 9 wins in a row in 2006/07.

7 – Bangladesh’s 7-run win is the 2nd narrowest winning margin in terms of runs for a test nation against an associate side in ODIs. England’s 3-run win against Ireland in 2009 is the shortest.

17y 2d – Age at which Naveen-ul-Haq made his debut in ODIs. He became the youngest ODI debutant for Afghanistan. He broke Rashid Khan’s record who made his ODI debut at age of 17y 28d.

19 – Stumpings made by Mushfiqur Rahim at Mirpur, Dhaka in ODIs. These are the most by a keeper in this format at a single venue.

26 – Runs added by Bangladesh’s last 6 batsmen (6-11) in this game, their lowest in last 2 years in ODIs and lowest aggregate against an associate nation.

55 – Runs added by the last 6 batsmen (6-11) in this game, the 11th lowest in overall and 2nd lowest in an ODI in Bangladesh. 48 runs were scored by the last 6 batsmen during Bangladesh-India ODI at Dhaka in 2014.

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144 – Partnership stand between Hashmatullah Shahidi and Rahmat Shah for the 3rd wicket. This is the highest 3rd wicket stand for Afghanistan in ODIs. Previous highest was 104* by Afsar Zazai and Nasir Jamal against Scotland in 2015.

144 – Hashmatullah Shahidi and Rahmat Shah’s partnership of 144 is the highest stand for any wicket which came in losing cause while chasing in an ODI in Bangladesh. Previous highest was 136 by Bangladeshi pair Imrul Kayes and Shahriar Nafees for 2nd wicket against Australia in 2011 at the same venue.

208 – Number of wickets Shakib Al Hasan has taken in ODIs, most by a Bangladeshi bowler. He went past Abdur Razzaq who had 207 wickets in this format.

2136 – Runs scored by Tamim Iqbal at Mirpur, Dhaka in ODIs. These are the 5th most runs scored by a player at a single venue in ODIs. Shakib (2098) and Mushfiqur (1994) stand at 7th and 8th in most ODIs runs scored at a venue list.