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BAN vs AFG Asia Cup 2023 Live Score: Bangladesh to face Pakistan on Sunday.

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Asia Cup 2023 Live Score: Injury hit Bangladesh would look to turn the table against Afghanistan in their must-win second Group B match of the Asia Cup in Lahore on Sunday

Bangladesh lost the opening match against Afghanistan by five wickets, with batting letting them down. Afghanistan, on the other hand, head into the tournament on the back of a 0-3 ODI series loss to Pakistan. It would test of character for batter Hashmatullah Shahidi, who will lead Afghanistan in the Asia Cup.

Afghanistan would take heart from the fact that they had won a three-match ODI series against Bangladesh 2-1 in June-July this year. They had lost the preceding two-match T20 series against Bangladesh 0-2. Rahmanullah Gurbaz has been in great form in ODI cricket of late. He hit centuries against both Pakistan and Bangladesh in the ODI series they played recently.

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CSK stars Theekshana and Pathirana set up five-wicket win over Bangladesh on a Chepauk-like turner

It is a scene that played out repeatedly during the Indian Premier League, of two special young Sri Lankan bowlers playing a stellar role in Chennai Super Kings’ march to the title. Even the conditions at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium at times resembled what Maheesh Theekshana and Matheesha Pathirana had encountered at Chepauk in April and May, wearing the famous yellow jersey. For a Sri Lanka team ravaged by injuries ahead of the Asia Cup, the duo provided the lift they desperately sought in their bowling, as they set up a comfortable five-wicket win over Bangladesh on Thursday. (READ MORE)

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First published on: 03-09-2023 at 13:45 IST