Bangladesh vs Afghanistan LIVE Score Asia Cup 2025: Rashid Khan spins his web to break opening stand

Sri Lanka currently at the top of Group B with two wins from two games, collecting four points and boasting a strong net run rate of +1.546. Afghanistan follow in second place with two points from a single win, backed by an impressive net run rate of +4.700. Bangladesh, meanwhile, are placed third with two points after winning one and losing one of their two outings

Bangladesh will rely on their skipper Litton Das to set the platform once again, while the onus will also be on Jaker Ali and Shamim Hossain to stabilise things in the middle order against high-quality Afghanistan spin attack.

Afghanistan's potent spin attack of captain Rashid Khan, veteran Mohammad Nabi, left-arm sensation Noor Ahmad, and the emerging AM Ghazanfar, a combination tailor-made for prevailing conditions.

Afghan coach Jonathan Trott knows exactly how important good spinners can be when playing on the sub-continent and wants to use this to his advantage going forward, ahead of the T20 World Cup at the start of next year.

"Right now, we have a great opportunity with the Asia Cup. Looking a bit further ahead, with the World Cup coming up in February, we have good memories of playing in the sub-continent - in Sri Lanka and India," he added.

"It can be tempting to look too far ahead, but for now, Bangladesh (at the Asia Cup) is at the forefront of everyone's mind, and we're focused on winning that game," Trott said.

Afghanistan carry the confidence of a recent victory over Pakistan and two wins against UAE in the tri-series. They began their Asia Cup campaign with a 94-run thrashing of Hong Kong.

They also have a fiery top-order in Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sediqullah Atal and Ibrahim Zadran, but they will be up against in-form Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman.

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Highlights Asia Cup 2025:

- Rashid Khan struck after the powerplay, breaking the opening partnership by removing Saif Hassan.

- Tanzid Hasan broke the early pressure by counter-attacking Fazalhaq Farooqi with four boundaries in an over.

- Litton Das has chosen to bat first in the must-win clash, with pacer Taskin Ahmed making his return to the playing XI.

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