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Bangladesh and Afghanistan will begin their World Cup 2023 campaign by facing each other in the third match of the tournament at Dharamsala. Bangladesh have the ability to perform well against sides like Afghanistan on a big stage like the World Cup and they have also defeated big sides like Pakistan (in 1999), India (in 2007) & England (in 2015) in the past. Both these sides will be high on confidence after winning their warm-up game against Sri Lanka and will look to continue the same form in this game.
Numbers and Stats ahead of BAN vs AFG game:
1 - Afghanistan have won only 1 match in ODI World Cup history so far.
Afghanistan in men's ODI World Cup:
Played - 15
Won - 1
Lost - 14
Afghanistan team's only win in the ODI World Cup came against Scotland in 2015.
3 - Afghanistan have won only 3 out of 11 ODI matches in 2023. two of their wins came against Bangladesh and one win came against Sri Lanka.
9 - Bangladesh have won 9 out of 15 games against Afghanistan in ODIs so far.
BAN vs AFG in ODIs:
Played - 15
Bangladesh - 9
Afghanistan - 6
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan team results in ODI World Cups:
- Bangladesh won by 105 runs at Canberra in 2015
- Bangladesh won by 62 runs at Southampton in 2019
Afghanistan won an ODI series against Bangladesh by a 2-1 (3) margin on Bangladesh soil in July 2023.
Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan by 89 runs at Lahore in Asia Cup 2023 which happened last month
22 - HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala will become the 22nd venue in India to host an ODI World Cup match.
30 - Both Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim will be playing their 30th match of the ODI World Cup.
Most matches played for Bangladesh in ODI World Cup:
Shakib Al Hasan - 29
Mushfiqur Rahim - 29
Tamim Iqbal - 29
42 - Rahmanullah Gurbaz needs 42 more runs to complete 1000 runs in ODIs.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz has scored 958 runs from just 26 ODI innings. Currently, Rahmat Shah holds the record for being the fastest to reach 1000 ODI runs from just 31 innings for Afghanistan.
62 - Shakib Al Hasan needs 62 more runs to surpass AB de Villiers and become fifth highest run-scorer in ODI World Cup history.
Most runs as batsman in ODI World Cup:
Sachin Tendulkar - 2278 (44 inns)
Ricky Ponting - 1743 (42 inns)
Kumar Sangakkara - 1532 (35 inns)
Brian Lara - 1225 (33 inns)
AB de Villiers - 1207 (22 inns)
Chris Gayle - 1186 (34 inns)
Sanath Jayasuriya - 1165 (37 inns)
Jacques Kallis - 1148 (32 inns)
Shakib Al Hasan - 1146 (29 inns)
Tillakaratne Dilshan - 1112 (25 inns)
