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{{short description|International cricket tour}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name                  = Afghan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2016–17
| team1_image                  = Flag of Bangladesh.svg
| team1_name                   = Bangladesh
| team2_image                  = Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg
| team2_name                   = Afghanistan
| from_date                    = 23 September
| to_date                      = 1 October 2016
| team1_captain                = [[Mashrafe Mortaza]]
| team2_captain                = [[Asghar Afghan|Asghar Stanikzai]]
| no_of_ODIs                   = 3
| team1_ODIs_won               = 2
| team2_ODIs_won               = 1
| team1_ODIs_most_runs         = [[Tamim Iqbal]] (218)
| team2_ODIs_most_runs         = [[Rahmat Shah]] (107)
| team1_ODIs_most_wickets      = [[Taskin Ahmed]] (7)
| team2_ODIs_most_wickets      = [[Rashid Khan]] (7)
| player_of_ODI_series         = [[Tamim Iqbal]] (Ban)
}}
The [[Afghanistan national cricket team|Afghanistan cricket team]] toured Bangladesh in September and October 2016 to play three [[One Day International]]s (ODIs) matches.<ref name="Fixtures">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/1051289.html |title=Afghanistan ODI series in Bangladesh confirmed |access-date=28 August 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref><ref name="ACB">{{cite web |url=http://www.cricket.af/news/view/230 |title=Afghanistan to tour Bangladesh for the first time |access-date=28 August 2016 |work=Afghanistan Cricket Board |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831194825/http://www.cricket.af/news/view/230 |archive-date=31 August 2016 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> This was Afghanistan's first full series against a Test-playing side other than Zimbabwe and was the first bilateral series between the two sides.<ref name="Fixtures"/> It was also Bangladesh's first home bilateral ODI series against an Associate Nation since [[Irish cricket team in Bangladesh in 2007–08|Ireland toured in 2008]].<ref name="Ireland">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-afghanistan-2016-17/content/story/1058833.html |title=Taskin set to return for Bangladesh's first ODI in 2016 |access-date=24 September 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> Ahead of the ODI series there was a fifty-over warm-up game between the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI and Afghanistan in Fatullah.<ref name="Fatullah">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/1057957.html |title=Anamul, Sabbir named in BCB XI to face Afghanistan |access-date=20 September 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
Afghanistan won the warm-up match by 66 runs<ref name="warmup">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-afghanistan-2016-17/content/story/1058531.html |title=Nabi, Shahidi deliver Afghanistan big win in low-scorer |access-date=23 September 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> and Bangladesh won the ODI series 2–1. This was Bangladesh's sixth consecutive series victory in ODIs.<ref name="sixth">{{cite web |url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2016/match-reports/96343/tamim-hundred-paves-way-for-bangladesh-series-win |title=Tamim hundred paves way for Bangladesh series win |access-date=1 October 2016 |work=International Cricket Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003152310/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2016/match-reports/96343/tamim-hundred-paves-way-for-bangladesh-series-win |archive-date=3 October 2016 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
==Squads==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:0 auto"
|-
!!style="width:50%"|{{cr|BAN}}<ref name="BanSquad">{{cite news |title=Uncapped Mosaddek Hossain picked for Afghanistan ODIs |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-afghanistan-2016-17/content/story/1058250.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Sports Media |date=22 September 2016 |access-date=22 September 2016 }}</ref>
!!style="width:50%"|{{cr|AFG|2013}}<ref name="AfgSquad">{{cite news |title=Afghanistan pick three uncapped players for Bangladesh ODIs |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-afghanistan-2016-17/content/story/1058036.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Sports Media |date=21 September 2016 |access-date=21 September 2016 }}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Mashrafe Mortaza]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Taskin Ahmed]]
* [[Shakib Al Hasan]]
* [[Mosaddek Hossain]]
* [[Mosharraf Hossain (cricketer)|Mosharraf Hossain]]
* [[Nasir Hossain]]
* [[Rubel Hossain]]
* [[Tamim Iqbal]]
* [[Taijul Islam]]
* [[Shafiul Islam]]
* [[Imrul Kayes]]
* [[Mahmudullah]]
* [[Mushfiqur Rahim]]
* [[Sabbir Rahman]]
* [[Soumya Sarkar]]
|
* [[Asghar Afghan|Asghar Stanikzai]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Fareed Ahmad (cricketer)|Fareed Ahmad]]
* [[Mirwais Ashraf]]
* [[Amir Hamza (cricketer)|Amir Hamza]]
* [[Ihsanullah]]
* [[Karim Janat]]
* [[Rashid Khan]]
* [[Nawroz Mangal]]
* [[Mohammad Nabi]]
* [[Shabir Noori]]
* [[Rahmat Shah]]
* [[Hashmatullah Shaidi]]
* [[Mohammad Shahzad]]
* [[Samiullah Shinwari]]
* [[Naveen-ul-Haq]]
* [[Dawlat Zadran]]
* [[Najibullah Zadran]]
|}
[[Taskin Ahmed]] was added to Bangladesh's squad after his bowling action was cleared by the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC).<ref name="Taskin">{{cite news |title=Taskin and Sunny cleared to bowl after remedial work |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/1058545.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Sports Media |date=24 September 2016 |access-date=24 September 2016 }}</ref> [[Mosharraf Hossain (cricketer)|Mosharraf Hossain]] was added to the squad for the third ODI after [[Rubel Hossain]] was dropped.<ref name="Mosharraf">{{cite news |title=Mosharraf Hossain returns for Bangladesh after eight years |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-afghanistan-2016-17/content/story/1059584.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Sports Media |date=29 September 2016 |access-date=29 September 2016 }}</ref>
==Tour match==
===One-day:Bangladesh Cricket Board XI vs Afghanistan===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 23 September 2016
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AFG|2013}}
| team2 = Bangladesh Cricket Board XI
| score1 = 233 (49.2 overs)
| runs1 = [[Hashmatullah Shahidi]] 69 (96)
| wickets1 = [[Alauddin Babu]] 3/32 (8.2 overs)
| score2 = 167 (38.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mosaddek Hossain]] 76 (97)
| wickets2 = [[Mohammad Nabi]] 4/24 (8 overs)
| result = Afghanistan won by 66 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1057979.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Fatullah Osmani Stadium|Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium]], [[Fatullah]]
| umpires = [[Anisur Rahman (cricketer)|Anisur Rahman]] (Ban) and [[Sharfuddoula]] (Ban)
| motm =
| toss = Bangladesh Cricket Board XI won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = 17 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).
}}
==ODI series==
===1st ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 25 September 2016
| time =
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}
| team2 = {{cr|AFG|2013}}
| score1 = 265 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Tamim Iqbal]] 80 (98)
| wickets1 = [[Dawlat Zadran]] 4/73 (10 overs)
| score2 = 258 (50 overs)
| runs2 = [[Hashmatullah Shahidi]] 72 (110)
| wickets2 = [[Taskin Ahmed]] 4/59 (8 overs)
| result = Bangladesh won by 7 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1051297.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Model Thana|Mirpur]]
| umpires = [[Chettithody Shamshuddin]] (Ind) and [[Sharfuddoula]] (Ban)
| motm = [[Shakib Al Hasan]] (Ban)
| toss = Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Naveen-ul-Haq]] (Afg) made his ODI debut.
* [[Shakib Al Hasan]] became the leading wicket-taker for Bangladesh in ODIs.<ref name="Shakib">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-afghanistan-2016-17/content/story/1059156.html |title=Shakib becomes Bangladesh's highest ODI wicket-taker |access-date=25 September 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
}}
===2nd ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 28 September 2016
| time =
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}
| team2 = {{cr|AFG|2013}}
| score1 = 208 (49.2 overs)
| runs1 = [[Mosaddek Hossain]] 45[[not out|*]] (45)
| wickets1 = [[Rashid Khan]] 3/35 (10 overs)
| score2 = 212/8 (49.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Asghar Afghan|Asghar Stanikzai]] 57 (95)
| wickets2 = [[Shakib Al Hasan]] 4/47 (10 overs)
| result = Afghanistan won by 2 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1051299.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Model Thana|Mirpur]]
| umpires = [[Anisur Rahman (cricketer)|Anisur Rahman]] (Ban) and [[Chettithody Shamshuddin]] (Ind)
| motm = [[Mohammad Nabi]] (Afg)
| toss = Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = [[Mosaddek Hossain]] (Ban) made his ODI debut.
* Mosaddek Hossain became the first player for Bangladesh to take a wicket with his [[List of bowlers who have taken a wicket with their first ball in a format of international cricket|very first delivery]] in an ODI.<ref name="Hossain">{{cite news |title=Debutant Mossadek's golden touch |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-afghanistan-2016-17/content/story/1059530.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Sports Media |date=28 September 2016 |access-date=28 September 2016 }}</ref>
}}
===3rd ODI===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 1 October 2016
| time =
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}
| team2 = {{cr|AFG|2013}}
| score1 = 279/8 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Tamim Iqbal]] 118 (118)
| wickets1 = [[Rashid Khan]] 2/39 (10 overs)
| score2 = 138 (33.5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Rahmat Shah]] 36 (73)
| wickets2 = [[Mosharraf Hossain (cricketer)|Mosharraf Hossain]] 3/24 (8 overs)
| result = Bangladesh won by 141 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1051301.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Model Thana|Mirpur]]
| umpires = [[Chettithody Shamshuddin]] (Ind) and [[Sharfuddoula]] (Ban)
| motm = [[Tamim Iqbal]] (Ban)
| toss = Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Tamim Iqbal]] (Ban) scored his seventh century in an ODI.<ref name="Ban100">{{cite news |title=DTamim, Mosharraf send Afghanistan packing |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-afghanistan-2016-17/content/story/1059950.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Sports Media |date=1 October 2016 |access-date=1 October 2016}}</ref>
* This was Bangladesh's 100th win in ODIs.<ref name="Ban100"/>
}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/1051291.html Series home at ESPN Cricinfo]
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