As it happened | BANvAFG: Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 62 runs

Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 62 runs

Bangladesh boosted their bid to reach the Cricket World Cup semi-finals as Shakib Al Hasan's superb all-round display inspired a 62-run win over Afghanistan.

Shakib's 51 laid the foundations for Bangladesh to score 262-7 and made him the leading run-scorer in this year's World Cup.

The 32-year-old then ripped through the Afghan batting line-up with superb figures of 5-29 from 10 overs.

Bangladesh are up to fifth place in the 10-team group stage, one point behind fourth placed England in the race to seal a semi-final berth via a top four finish.

47th Over

5 runs and 1 wicket in Saifuddin's 8th over. 

46.6 | Wicket!

Mujeeb Ur Rahman out. 

Saifuddin strikes and takes Mujeeb's wicket. 

46th Over

Mustafizur's 8th over. 

He gave 1 run and took 1 wicket. 

45.4 | Wicket!

Zadran departs on a duck. 

Mustafizur Rahman to Zadran, slight edge and caught behind. 

Next batsman is Mujeeb Ur Rahman. 

45th Over

Shakib's last over, 3 runs from this over. 

His bowling figure in this match ends with 10-1-29-5. 

This is his best bowling figure. 

43.3 | Wicket!

Mustafizur strikes to get Rashid Khan's wicket. 

Rashid is walking back to the pavilion after scoring 2 runs. 

Dawlat Zadran is the next batsman. 

43rd Over

Shakib has taken a five-wicket haul in this game.

He gave 5 runs in this over. 

42.4 | Wicket!

Najibullah Zadran stumped. 

He scored 23 runs before losing his wicket. 

Next batsman is Rashid Khan. 

42nd Over

Saifuddin's 7th over. 

7 runs from this over. 

41st Over

Shakib Al Hasan is back into attack but this time it's a good over for Afghanistan here. 

11 runs from this over. 

40th Over

Mohammad Saifuddin is back into attack. 

It's his 6th over. 

6 runs from this over. 

The score is 166/6. 

38th Over

Mosaddek Hossain is back into attack. 

7 runs from this over, including a boundary on the 3rd ball of the over from Najibullah's bat. 

37th Over

Mustafizur's 5th over. 

6 runs from this over. 

36th Over

Mehidy Hasan is back into the attack. 

It's his 8th over and 9 runs from this over and he took a wicket also. 

35.1 | Wicket!

Ikram Ali Khil run out. 

He scored 11 runs and next batsman is Najibullah Zadran. 

35th Over

Mustafizur Rahman is back into attack. 

7 runs from this over. 

34th Over

Mortaza's 7th over. 

6 runs from this over. 

33rd Over

Shakib is on fire, just 3 runs from this over and he took 1 important wicket also. 

32.2 | Wicket!

Shakib's strikes again... Asghar Afghan out after scoring 20 runs. 

Shakib to Asghar, caught out by substitute Sabbir Rahman. 

Next batsman is Ikram Ali Khil. 

32nd Over

Mashrafe Mortaza is back into attack. 

4 runs from this over. 

31st Over

Shakib's 6th over.

2 runs from this over. 

30th Over

Saifuddin's 5th over.

5 runs from this over. 

29th Over

A brilliant over by Shakib as he took 2 crucial wickets. 

2 runs from this over. 

28.3 | Wicket!

Shakib strikes again...and Nabi bowled. 

Nabi returns to the pavilion without scoring a single run. 

Next batsman is Samiullah Shinwari. 

28.1 | Wicket!

Gulbadin Naib out. 

Shakib to Naib, caught out by Liton Das. 

Naib scored 47 runs. 

Next batsman is Mohammad Nabi. 

28th Over

Mohammad Saifuddin's 4th over. 

3 runs from here. 

27th Over

Shakib's 4th over.

It's a maiden. 

26th Over

Mohammad Saifuddin is back into attack. 

3 runs from this over. 

Afghanistan cross 100-run mark in this game. 

25th Over

Shakib's 3rd over. 

2 runs from this over. 

Naib completed 1,000 runs in ODI career. 

24th Over

A good over for Afghanistan. 

9 runs from this one. 

23rd Over

Mosaddek continues from one end. 

6 runs from this over. 

Including 1 four on the 3rd ball of the over from Naib's bat. 

22nd Over

2 runs from Mehidy Hasan's 6th over. 

21st Over

Mosaddek Hossain's 4th over. 

It's a good over for Bangladesh as Mosaddek took a wicket and gave 2 runs. 

20.5 | Wicket!

Hashmatullah Shahidi stumped. 

He scored 11 runs. 

Next batsman is Asghar Afghan. 

10.5 | Wicket!

Rahmat Shah departs early in a mammoth run chase. 

He scored 24 runs before losing his wicket to Shakib Al Hasan. 

Next batsman is Hashmatullah Shahidi. 

Chasing 264 to win,  Afghanistan are 48/0 after 10 overs. 

Gulbadin Naib and Rahmat Shah start the run chase. 

Mashrafe Mortaza to bowl the first ball. 

Innings break:

Bangladesh score 262/7 against Afghanistan.

48.3 | Wicket!

Mushfiqur Rahim departs after scoring 83 runs. 

Dawlat Zadran to Mushfiqur, caught out by Nabi. 

Next batsman is Mohammad Saifuddin. 

42.6 | Wicket!

Mahmudullah out. He scored 27 runs off 38 balls. 

Gulbadin Naib to Mahmudullah, caught out by Mohammad Nabi. 

Next batsman is Mosaddek Hossain. 

31.6 | Wicket!

Mujeeb Ur Rahman strikes again...

Soumya Sarkar departs after scoring 3 runs. 

Mahmudullah is the next batsman. 

Bangladesh are 143/3 after 30 overs. 

29.2 | Wicket!

Mujeeb Ur Rahman strikes again and gets the most crucial wicket. 

Shakib Al Hasan departs after scoring 51 runs. 

Mujeeb to Shakib, lbw out. 

Next batsman is Soumya Sarkar. 

16.6 | Wicket!

Tamim Iqbal falls for 36. 

Spinner Mohammad Nabi to Tamim, bowled. 

Next batsman is Mushfiqur Rahim. 

Bangladesh are 34/1 after 8 overs. 

4.2 | Wicket!

Liton Das departs after scoring 16 runs. 

Mujeeb Ur Rahman gets the breakthrough. 

Next batsman is Shakib Al Hasan. 

Bangladesh are 13/0 after 2 overs. 

Bangladesh openers Liton Das and Tamim are at the crease and Mujeeb Ur Rahman to bowl the first over. 

Toss:

Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bowl first against Bangladesh. 

Afghanistan made two changes, bringing in Dawlat Zadran and Samiullah Shinwari in place of Aftab Alam and Hazratullah Zazai.

For Bangladesh, Rubel Hossain and Sabbir Rahman made way for Mohammad Saifuddin and Mosaddek Hossain.

Playing XI:

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

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

Head-to-head: 

Both the teams have played a total of seven matches, Afghanistan won three and Bangladesh four.  

Conditions:

It is expected that today will be warm but the forecast says that there will be light showers in the afternoon. 

However, it was raining in Southampton yesterday night, the fans will hope for a full 50-over match. 

Squads:

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

Afghanistan:  Gulbadin Naib (c), Noor Ali Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah (wk), Asghar Afghan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Aftab Alam, Hamid Hassan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Ikram Ali Khil

Preview:

Eager to keep the semi-final hopes alive, a desperate Bangladesh will have their work cut out when they take on a spirited Afghanistan in a do-or-die World Cup encounter. 

England's defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka on Friday breathed air into Bangladesh's hopes of securing a semifinal berth and the 'Tigers' will be keen on making the most of the situation starting with a win over the bottom-placed Afghanistan. 

The promotion of Shakib Al Hasan up the order has been one of the highlights of the World Cup. The all-rounder is just 22 runs behind Australia's David Warner, who is the tournament top scorer. 

The bowling, however, has been their undoing, as Bangladesh have conceded scores in excess of 320 in each of their last three completed games and the bowlers will have to step up to make life easier for their batsmen.

On the other hand, Afghanistan, who are still in search of their maiden win in the tournament, will be drawing a lot of positive from their previous game against India. 

Hello! And welcome to the Match 31 of the Cricket World Cup 2019 which is between Bangladesh and Afghanistan in Southampton. 

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