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Toss Winner - Bangladesh won the toss and choose to bowl first
Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 6 wickets
Bangladesh target a 3-0 whitewash!
We are backing Afghanistan to win!
| Tournament: | Afghanistan vs Bangladesh in UAE, 2025 |
| Format: | t20 |
| Venue: | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bowl |
| Weather: | 33.1°C|Sunny |
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This series was not expected to be quite as one-sided as it has proven to be and few pundits anticipated that Bangladesh would be targeting a 3-0 victory ahead of Sunday's final game.
Thursday's opening game of the series saw Bangladesh win by four wickets with eight balls remaining and then only 24 hours later the same combination, Afghanistan batting first with Bangladesh chasing, produced the same outcome, this time the tourists getting over the line with only five balls and two wickets remaining.
One thing is clear - Afghanistan have not been outplayed and winning a couple of key moments could have seen them leading 2-0!
But as it is, this is the fixture which Bangladesh will be targeting to complete a whitewash.
AFG
147/5 in 20.0 7.35
AFG vs BAN 2025
Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 2 wickets150/8 in 19.1 7.83
BAN
147/5 in 20.0 7.35
AFG vs BAN 2025
Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 2 wickets150/8 in 19.1 7.83
119/4 in 16.1
BAN vs AFG
116/7 in 17.0
157/8 in 19.5
BAN vs AFG
Bangladesh won by 2 wickets
154/7 in 20.0
On this slow pitch in Sharjah, Afghanistan posted 147/5 in Friday's second T20I and looking back they will probably consider that they were 10-15 runs short to win the contest.
So, that will be their goal in this game, to find an extra 15 runs across this match - and they certainly have the batters capable to do so throughout their batting order.
At the top of the order, we expect Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz to be the main run contributors before Mohammad Nabi and Azmatullah Omarzai and skipper Rashid Khan swing the bat at the end of the innings.
With the ball, Afghanistan have strength in depth with Azmatullah, Muhjeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid all in the wickets on Friday.
Sediqullah Atal, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Wafiullah Tarakhil, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan (c), Noor Ahmad, Abdollah Ahmadzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Darwish Rasooli, Sediqullah Atal, Ibrahim Zadran, Wafiullah Tarakhil, Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Bashir Ahmad, Mohammad Nabi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Player for player - Bangladesh do not have the same strength in depth or big name players as Afghanistan but they have given as good as they have got in this series so far and can now complete an unexpected 3-0 series win!
Key to victory in the second T20I was skipper and keeper-batter Jaker Ali at number four who led the charge of the middle-order brigade which saw him at number four, Shamim Hossain at five and Nurul Hasan at five all hit scores of 31-33.
It's the economy rates of the bowling attack which has been the most impressive for the Bangladesh squad and Rishad Hossain with Nasum Ahmed have been the key wicket takers.
Mohammad Saifuddin will keep the runs down!
Tanzid Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Saif Hassan, Jaker Ali (c), Shamim Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Mohammad Saifuddin, Rishad Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman
Tanzid Hasan, Saif Hassan, Shamim Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Jaker Ali, Parvez Hossain Emon, Nurul Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Shoriful Islam
It will be another very hot day in Sharjah without any cloud cover. The temperature is likely to remain above 30 degrees throughout this match to conclude the fixture.
Pitch Condition
BalancedBatting Conditions
Moderate ScoringPace Bowling
Pace BounceSpin Bowling
High Turn
Sharjah Stadium remains a pitch where the ball turns and there is not a huge amount of pace in the wicket. We predict that a winning first innings total will be no higher than 160.
Bangladesh have had success, albeit with a few wobbles, by chasing and we predict that both teams will want to bowl first before chasing in this third T20I in Sharjah.