Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score, World Cup 2019: Afghanistan opt to bowl vs Bangladesh

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Playing XI for Both teams

Afghanistan: Gulbadin Naib(c), Samiullah Shinwari, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Ikram Ali Khil(wk), Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim(wk), Liton Das, Mehidy Hasan, Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Mustafizur Rahman


Captains at the toss

Naib: We want to bowl first. Conditions look good for bowling and we played a game here, so we know the pitch. In the second innings against India, it looked alright throughout and this looks similar. We want to restrict Bangladesh to a chaseable total. We had a good chance to beat India and we're confident that we can do better today.

Mortaza: We like to bat first as it's a used pitch, so want to put runs on the board. Two changes - Saifuddin and Mosaddek in for Rubel and Sabbir. The pitch here has been different from the others, has been slow and spun a bit. It's a used pitch as I said and that's why we wanted to bat.


Team News: A couple of changes for both the teams. Mohammad Saifuddin and Mosaddek Hossain replace Rubel Hossain and Sabbir Rahman in Bangladesh playing XI. For Afghanistan, Dawlat Zadran and Samiullah Shenwari come in for Aftab Alam and Hazratullah Zazai.

TOSS NEWS: Afghanistan skipper Gulbadin Naib wins the toss and opts to bowl first against Bangladesh at the Rose Bowl.


The toss between Bangladesh and Afghanistan in Southampton has been delayed by 10 minutes due to wet outfield.



Hello and welcome to the live match updates of ICC Cricket World Cup Match 31 between Bangladesh vs Afghanistan.

Preview

Afghanistan, who gave India a run for their money, will be aiming to replicate that performance and earn their first win in the ongoing World Cup when they take on Bangladesh at the Rose Bowl Cricket Stadium on Monday.

After being comprehensively beaten in the first four games, Afghanistan came out with a much improved performance against tournament favourites England and India.

Their bowling unit -- which was taken for plenty by England as they posted 397/8 - delivered a commanding performance in their next fixture and restricted the famed Indian batting line-up for a below par total of 224. They had a great chance of causing the biggest upset of the ongoing tournament. However, their batters failed to match their bowling performance and barring Mohammad Nabi, none could show the grit and calm as Afghanistan lost a nail-biting encounter by 11 runs against the Men in Blue on Saturday.

Thus, Gulbadin Naib would hope that both his batters and bowlers perform well as a unit against Bangladesh which have looked quite convincing in the ongoing tournament.

Bangladesh's batting has been a revelation in this World Cup and has relied mainly on Shakib al Hasan who is among the top five run-getters of the tournament. After hunting down a target of 322 against West Indies with ease, Bangladesh fought admirably in a 382-run chase against Australia, finishing with an impressive 333/8.

However, it's their bowling which has undone the batsmen's work. They have conceded scores in excess of 320 in each of their last three completed games.

And against a formidable Afghanistan bowling attack, Bangladesh's own bowlers will have to step up to make life easier for their batsmen.