Afghanistan score 69/8

Sport Correspondent, DHAKA, Mar 16: Afghanistan scored 58 runs with lose of eight wickets after 15 overs against hosts Bangladesh in the opening match of the ICC T20 World Cup-2014 at the Shere-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur.

 

Earlier, winning the toss, hosts Bangladesh decided to bowling first against Afghanistan in the opening match on Sunday noon.

 

The match began at 3:30pm at and have been telecasting live on Maasranga TV.

 

Bangladesh Team : 1.Tamim Iqbal, 2. Anamul Haque, 3. Shakib Al Hasan, 4. Mushfiqur Rahim (capt & wk), 5. Sabbir Rahman, 6. Nasir Hossain, 7. Mahmudullah, 8. Farhad Reza, 9. Mashrafe Mortaza, 10. Abdur Razzak, 11. Al-Amin Hossain.

 

Afghanistan Team: 1. Mohammad Shahzad (wk), 2. Nawroz Mangal, 3. Karim Sadiq, 4. Shafiqullah Shafaq, 5. Mohammad Nabi (capt), 6. Najeeb Tarakai, 7. Gulbadin Naib, 8. Samiullah Shenwari, 9. Dawlat Zadran, 10. Shappoor Zadran, 11. Aftab Alam.

 

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