The Afghanistan cricket team toured Bangladesh in June and July 2023 to play one Test, three One Day International (ODI) and two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed this FTP (Future Tours Program) tour in their press release.
Initially, Afghanistan were scheduled to play two Tests, three ODIs and three T20Is in the series. However, on 11 May 2023, a Test and a T20I was dropped from the itinerary, due to scheduling problems. On 17 May 2023, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed the dates and venues for the series.
Bangladesh won the only Test by 546 runs, the biggest Test victory for Bangladesh in terms of runs. It was also the biggest Test win for any team, in terms of runs, in the 21st century.
Afghanistan won the first ODI match by 17 runs according to the DLS method after the match was interrupted due to rain. A day after the match, Bangladesh's ODI captain Tamim Iqbal announced his retirement from international cricket, and Litton Das was named as the stand-in captain for the final two ODI matches. In the 2nd ODI, Afghanistan won by 142 runs courtesy of a record-breaking opening partnership, helping them to seal their first ever ODI series win against Bangladesh. Bangladesh went on to win the third ODI by a comprehensive margin of 7 wickets with 159 balls to spare and eventually lost the series by 2–1 margin.
Bangladesh won the first T20I by 2 wickets in a thrilling way, chasing 154, which was their highest successful run chase against Afghanistan in T20I. Bangladesh also won the 2nd T20I by 6 wickets and won the series by 2–0 margin, their first ever T20I series win against Afghanistan.
Squads TestODIsT20IsTestODIsT20Is Litton Das (c, wk) Khaled Ahmed Taskin Ahmed Mehidy Hasan Musfik Hasan Zakir Hasan (wk) Ebadot Hossain Shahadat Hossain Tamim Iqbal Mahmudul Hasan Joy Mominul Haque Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) Najmul Hossain Shanto Shoriful Islam Taijul Islam Tamim Iqbal (c) Taskin Ahmed Litton Das (wk) Mehidy Hasan Afif Hossain Ebadot Hossain Towhid Hridoy Hasan Mahmud Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) Mustafizur Rahman Mohammad Naim Shakib Al Hasan Najmul Hossain Shanto Shoriful Islam Taijul Islam Rony Talukdar (wk) Shakib Al Hasan (c) Nasum Ahmed Taskin Ahmed Litton Das (wk) Mehidy Hasan Afif Hossain Ebadot Hossain Rishad Hossain Shamim Hossain Towhid Hridoy Hasan Mahmud Mustafizur Rahman Najmul Hossain Shanto Shoriful Islam Rony Talukdar (wk) Hashmatullah Shahidi (c) Rahmat Shah (vc) Abdul Malik Yamin Ahmadzai Ikram Alikhil (wk) Amir Hamza Mohammad Ibrahim Nasir Jamal Karim Janat Zahir Khan Nijat Masood Izharulhaq Naveed Bahir Shah Ibrahim Zadran Afsar Zazai (wk) Hashmatullah Shahidi (c) Abdul Rahman Ikram Alikhil (wk) Fazalhaq Farooqi Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) Riaz Hassan Rashid Khan Wafadar Momand Mujeeb Ur Rahman Mohammad Nabi Izharulhaq Naveed Azmatullah Omarzai Mohammad Saleem Rahmat Shah Shahidullah Sayed Shirzad Ibrahim Zadran Najibullah Zadran Zia-ur-Rehman Rashid Khan (c) Fareed Ahmad Noor Ahmad Sediqullah Atal Fazalhaq Farooqi Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) Karim Janat Nijat Masood Wafadar Momand Mohammad Nabi Naveen-ul-Haq Azmatullah Omarzai Mujeeb Ur Rahman Mohammad Shahzad (wk) Ibrahim Zadran Najibullah Zadran Hazratullah Zazai Afghanistan named Azmatullah Omarzai, Sayed Shirzad, Noor Ali Zadran and Zia-ur-Rehman as reserves in their Test squad.
Ahead of the Test match, Tamim Iqbal was ruled out of the match with a lower back pain. After Tamim Iqbal retired from international cricket during the ODI series, Rony Talukdar was added as a replacement in Bangladesh's ODI squad for the remaining two ODIs.
Naveen-ul-Haq was ruled out of the T20I series with a knee injury, and Nijat Masood was named as his replacement. Ebadot Hossain too was ruled out of Bangladesh's T20I squad due to a knee injury.
Only Test
ODI series 1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
T20I series 1st T20I
2nd T20I
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External links Series home at ESPNcricinfo