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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name                  = Bangladeshi cricket team against Afghanistan in 2018
| team1_image                  = Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg
| team1_name                   = Afghanistan
| team2_image                  = Flag of Bangladesh.svg
| team2_name                   = Bangladesh
| from_date                    = 1
| to_date                      = 7 June 2018
| team1_captain                = [[Asghar Afghan|Asghar Stanikzai]]
| team2_captain                = [[Shakib Al Hasan]]
| no_of_twenty20s              = 3
| team1_twenty20s_won          = 3
| team2_twenty20s_won          = 0
| team1_twenty20s_most_runs    = [[Samiullah Shinwari]] (118)
| team2_twenty20s_most_runs    = [[Mahmudullah]] (88)<br />[[Mushfiqur Rahim]] (88)
| team1_twenty20s_most_wickets = [[Rashid Khan]] (8)
| team2_twenty20s_most_wickets = [[Abu Jayed]] (3)
| player_of_twenty20_series    = [[Rashid Khan]] (Afg)
}}
The [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh cricket team]] toured India to play three [[Twenty20 International]]s (T20Is) against the [[Afghanistan national cricket team|Afghanistan cricket team]] in [[Dehradun]].<ref name="HT">{{cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/afghanistan-to-play-three-match-t20-series-against-bangladesh-in-dehradun/story-dXgU91duXKGrYPjQWoqlRP.html |title=Afghanistan to play three-match T20 series against Bangladesh in Dehradun |access-date=8 May 2018 |work=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

Afghanistan won the first two matches of the series, therefore giving them an unassailable lead.<ref name="two">{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/703927 |title=Rashid & Nabi hand Afghanistan series win over Bangladesh |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref> This gave them their first bilateral T20I series win against another [[Test cricket|Test]] team other than [[Zimbabwe national cricket team|Zimbabwe]].<ref name="first1">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18544/preview/1145983/afghanistan-vs-bangladesh-2nd-t20i-bangladesh-tour-india-2018 |title=Can Afghanistan land knockout blow? |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="first2">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18544/report/1145983/afghanistan-vs-bangladesh-2nd-t20i-bangladesh-tour-india-2018 |title=Rashid, Nabi wrap up historic series win for Afghanistan |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=5 June 2018}}</ref> Afghanistan went on to win the series 3–0.<ref name="result">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23723173/afghanistan-bat,-bangladesh-make-three-changes |title=Rashid defends eight off the last over to seal 3–0 whitewash |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=7 June 2018}}</ref>

==Background==
Originally the matches were scheduled to be played as [[One Day International]]s (ODIs),<ref name="TN">{{cite web |url=https://www.tolonews.com/sport/afghanistan%C2%A0-play-three-match-odi-series-against-bangladesh |title=Afghanistan To Play Three-Match ODI Series Against Bangladesh |access-date=8 May 2018 |work=Tolo News}}</ref> but the [[Bangladesh Cricket Board]] (BCB) agreed to change the fixtures to T20Is in preparation for the [[2020 ICC World Twenty20]] tournament.<ref name="HT"/> In May 2018, the [[Afghanistan Cricket Board]] (ACB) confirmed that all three matches will be played at the [[Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun|Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium]].<ref name="ACB">{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/683458 |title=Afghanistan announce first bilateral T20I series against Bangladesh |access-date=9 May 2018 |work=International Cricket Council}}</ref> These were the first international cricket matches to be played at the venue.<ref name="first">{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/694141 |title=Courtney Walsh to continue as head coach for Afghanistan T20Is |access-date=27 May 2018 |work=International Cricket Council}}</ref>

Ahead of the T20Is, Bangladesh played a practice match against [[Afghanistan A cricket team|Afghanistan A]].<ref name="practice">{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/686681 |title='Afghanistan hold advantage in T20I series' – Mushfiqur Rahim |access-date=12 May 2018 |work=International Cricket Council}}</ref>

Prior to this series, Afghanistan and Bangladesh had only played each other once before in a T20I, in the group stage of the [[2014 ICC World Twenty20]] tournament, with Bangladesh winning by nine wickets.<ref name="2014WT20">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23451454/afghanistan-host-bangladesh-t20is-india |title=Afghanistan to host Bangladesh for T20Is in India |access-date=9 May 2018 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
|-
! scope=col| {{cr|AFG|2013}}<ref name="AfgSquad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1148128.html |title=Afghanistan pick four spinners for inaugural Test |access-date=29 May 2018 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
! scope=col| {{cr|BAN}}<ref name="BanSquad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1147147.html |title=Mosaddek Hossain back in Bangladesh T20 squad |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=20 May 2018}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Asghar Afghan|Asghar Stanikzai]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Sharafuddin Ashraf]]
* [[Aftab Alam (Afghan cricketer)|Aftab Alam]]
* [[Usman Ghani]]
* [[Karim Janat]]
* [[Rashid Khan]]
* [[Mohammad Nabi]]
* [[Gulbadin Naib]]
* [[Darwish Rasooli]]
* [[Shafiqullah (cricketer)|Shafiqullah]]
* [[Mohammad Shahzad]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Samiullah Shinwari]]
* [[Najeeb Tarakai]]
* [[Mujeeb Ur Rahman]]
* [[Najibullah Zadran]]
* [[Shapoor Zadran]]
* [[Hazratullah Zazai]]
|
* [[Shakib Al Hasan]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Litton Das]]
* [[Ariful Haque (cricketer)|Ariful Haque]]
* [[Abul Hasan (cricketer)|Abul Hasan]]
* [[Mehedi Hasan]]
* [[Abu Hider]]
* [[Mosaddek Hossain]]
* [[Rubel Hossain]]
* [[Tamim Iqbal]]
* [[Nazmul Islam]]
* [[Abu Jayed]]
* [[Mahmudullah]]
* [[Mushfiqur Rahim]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* <s>[[Mustafizur Rahman]]</s>
* [[Sabbir Rahman]]
* [[Soumya Sarkar]]
|}

Ahead of the series, [[Mustafizur Rahman]] was ruled out of Bangladesh's squad due to injury.<ref name="Mustafizur">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23633275/mustafizur-rahman-ruled-t20i-series-afghanistan |title=Mustafizur Rahman ruled out of T20I series against Afghanistan |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref> [[Abul Hasan (cricketer)|Abul Hasan]] was named as his replacement.<ref name="AHasan">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23648205/abul-hasan-replaces-injured-mustafizur-rahman-bangladesh-squad-t20s-afghanistan |title=Abul Hasan replaces injured Mustafizur Rahman in Bangladesh squad for T20s against Afghanistan |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref> [[Hazratullah Zazai]] was added to Afghanistan's squad ahead of the first T20I.<ref name="HZazai">{{cite web |url=http://www.bdcrictime.com/2018/06/afghanistan-make-sudden-new-call-ahead-of-first-t20i/ |title=Afghanistan make sudden new call ahead of first T20I |work=BDCrictime |access-date=3 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180605122854/http://www.bdcrictime.com/2018/06/afghanistan-make-sudden-new-call-ahead-of-first-t20i/ |archive-date=2018-06-05}}</ref>

==Tour match==
===Practice match:Afghanistan A vs Bangladesh===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 1 June 2018
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}
| team2 = {{flagicon|AFG|2013}} [[Afghanistan A cricket team|Afghanistan A]]
| score1 = 145/6 (20 overs)
| runs1 =
| wickets1 =
| score2 = 147/2 (17.2 overs)
| runs2 =
| wickets2 =
| result = Afghanistan A won by 8 wickets
| report =
| venue =
| umpires =
| motm =
| toss =
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==T20I Series==
===1st T20I===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 3 June 2018
| time = 20:00
| night = Yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AFG|2013}}
| team2 = {{cr|BAN}}
| score1 = 167/8 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Mohammad Shahzad]] 40 (37)
| wickets1 = [[Mahmudullah]] 2/1 (1 over)
| score2 = 122 (19 overs)
| runs2 = [[Litton Das]] 30 (20)
| wickets2 = [[Rashid Khan]] 3/13 (3 overs)
| result = Afghanistan won by 45 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1145982.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun|Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium]], Dehradun
| umpires = [[Ahmed Shah Pakteen]] (Afg) and [[Bismillah Jan Shinwari]] (Afg)
| motm = [[Rashid Khan]] (Afg)
| toss = Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = The venue hosted its first [[List of Twenty20 International cricket grounds|international cricket match]].<ref name="first"/>
* [[Rashid Khan]] (Afg) became the fastest bowler, in terms of time, to take 50 wickets in T20Is (2 years and 220 days).<ref name="Khan50">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1148392.html |title=Advantage Afghanistan in spin-friendly Dehradun |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref>
}}

===2nd T20I===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 5 June 2018
| time = 20:00
| night = Yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}
| team2 = {{cr|AFG|2013}}
| score1 = 134/8 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Tamim Iqbal]] 43 (48)
| wickets1 = [[Rashid Khan]] 4/12 (4 overs)
| score2 = 135/4 (18.5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Samiullah Shinwari]] 49 (41)
| wickets2 = [[Mosaddek Hossain]] 2/21 (3 overs)
| result = Afghanistan won by 6 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1145983.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun|Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium]], Dehradun
| umpires = [[Izatullah Safi]] (Afg) and [[Bismillah Jan Shinwari]] (Afg)
| motm = [[Rashid Khan]] (Afg)
| toss = Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

===3rd T20I===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 7 June 2018
| time = 20:00
| night = Yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AFG|2013}}
| team2 = {{cr|BAN}}
| score1 = 145/6 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Samiullah Shinwari]] 33[[not out|*]] (28)
| wickets1 = [[Nazmul Islam]] 2/18 (4 overs)
| score2 = 144/6 (20 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mushfiqur Rahim]] 46 (37)
| wickets2 = [[Rashid Khan]] 1/24 (4 overs)
| result = Afghanistan won by 1 run
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1145984.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun|Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium]], Dehradun
| umpires = [[Ahmed Shah Pakteen]] (Afg) and [[Izatullah Safi]] (Afg)
| motm = [[Mushfiqur Rahim]] (Ban)
| toss = Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Shakib Al Hasan]] became the quickest Bangladesh player and third overall to score 10,000 runs and take 500 wickets in international cricket.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/sport/cricket/2018/06/07/shakib-fastest-to-500-international-wickets |title=Shakib fastest to 500 wickets, 10,000 runs |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=9 June 2018}}</ref>
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/1145980.html Series home at ESPNcricinfo]

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{{International cricket tours of Afghanistan}}
{{International cricket tours of India}}

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