After an exciting two-wicket win in the first T20I, Bangladesh will go into today’s second match at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium hoping to beat Afghanistan for the first time in an international T20I series.
In the format, Bangladesh and Afghanistan have played two international games so far. Rashid Khan and his team won one and tied the other.
Afghanistan has won six of the 10 games that these two teams have played in this style, while Bangladesh has won four.
But the Tigers have won three of the five T20Is that have been played in Bangladesh and lost two.
Bangladesh’s best score against Afghanistan was 155 for 8 in Mirpur in 2022, and their worst score against the same team was 115 for 9 in the same place the year before.
Afghanistan’s best score against Bangladesh was 167 for 8 in Dehradun in 2018, while their lowest score against Bangladesh was 72 in Mirpur in 2014.
Bangladesh had not won a T20I at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in three games before they won the first one.
The average number of runs scored in the first inning in Sylhet is 153, and the average number of runs scored in the first inning in the last five games is 154.
At this site, teams that hit second have won eight out of the last nine games. In Sylhet, it’s interesting that pacers are better at getting catches than spinners. In the last five games, the seamers have taken 38 wickets and the spinners have taken 20 wickets.
Taskin Ahmed, a fast bowler from Bangladesh, is one wicket away from getting his 50th T20I wicket. At a rate of 7.71, he has taken 49 wickets in 53 games.