Saif Hassan is making his ODI debut today for Bangladesh.
Bangladesh are high on confidence at this moment sweeping the just concluded three-match T20 International series against Afghanistan.
They went into the T20 series, low on confidence, largely due to their disappointing outing in Asia Cup and also their past track record against the Afghans.
Afghanistan, dubbed as strong team in T20 format, had also had the upper-hand over Bangladesh but the Tigers turned the table emphatically to continue their T20 juggernaut and clinched their fourth straight bilateral series in this format.
In every T20 game, they dominated Afghanistan, the semifinalist of the 2024 T20 World, which finally inscribed their name as the top T20 team in the world.
Bangladesh, however, will go into the ODI series with a clear upper-hand over Afghanistan. They had won 11 and lost eight in 19 meetings with the Afghans in this format.
Bangladesh Playing XI : Mehidy Hasan Miraz (c), Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Saif Hassan, Nurul Hasan, Jaker Ali, Towhid Hridoy, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Tanvir Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib
Afghanistan Playing XI : Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Nangeyalia Kharote, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, Bashir Ahmad
