Shoriful Islam to Gurbaz, no run, pitches on a good length on off and slants across Gurbaz. He keeps his bat inside the line

Shoriful Islam, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

One of the visuals in the last over showed that some sand was displaced when Taskin was moving in his run-up. That might be the reason his pace was a bit down. He usually bowls in the 140s

Taskin Ahmed to Ibrahim Zadran, no run

Taskin Ahmed to Ibrahim Zadran, no run, what a beauty! Pitches on a good length area around off and straightens after landing. Ibrahim Zadran has no option but to play at it and is beaten

Taskin Ahmed to Gurbaz, 3 runs, on a length outside off, Gurbaz gets on top of the bounce and drives it through cover-point. Two fielders takes the aerial route and goes over after it and one of them does well to slide and keep the ball in play. The batters take three runs

Taskin Ahmed to Gurbaz, no run, 134.4kph fuller length ball outside off, swinging further away, luring Gurbaz to do something expansive but he resists. Makes a watchful leave

Taskin Ahmed to Gurbaz, no run, good length ball in the tight off-stump channel,

Taskin Ahmed to Gurbaz, no run, starts off with a back of a length ball and gets it move in the air away from Gurbaz. He lifts his arms to allow it through

Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran are at the crease. Gurbaz is on strike. Taskin Ahmed will open the attack

Mustafa Moudi: Fun fact: Rashid Khan begins this World Cup with exact same Batting Average and Bowling Average - 19.53

Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz would be eyeing to provide a solid start to their team.

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The players and the umpires stride out to the middle. A lot of youngsters are there in the crowd which is good to see. It's time for the National Anthems.

Rashid Khan: A special occasion for me and the team to be in the World Cup. I'm excited it's happening in India. That's how we're famous as a team, we have a good spin attack. There will be different conditions and in the ODI World Cup, you will be playing the best sides. You have more deliveries to play but lots of things to learn. You have to be more consistent and calm in this format. Will try my best to perform well for the team. A big advantage for us as a team as well, we've played a lot of home games in India in Lucknow and Dehradun. In most of the grounds the conditions will be the same. I've played a lot of IPL and international cricket for Afghanistan here so that experience will help. But it's a different format. We'll give our best and try to enjoy. We hardly get that kind of opportunity where we can play against the big teams a lot. Last time we played teams like Australia, New Zealand and England in the 2019 World Cup. The more we play the better we get. In T20s we've played a lot against them and have gotten better. If we play more in ODIs we will get more consistent.

Teams:

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Shakib Al Hasan(c), Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman

Hashmatullah Shahidi:

Shakib Al Hasan: Will field first, generally it is a ground where the team chases well. Some help for the seamers first up and we would like to capitalize on that.