Afghan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2021–22

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Afghan cricket team toured Bangladesh from 23 February to 5 March 2022, to play three ODIs in Chittagong and two T20Is in Dhaka. Bangladesh’s captains were Tamim Iqbal for the ODIs and Mahmudullah for the T20Is, while Afghanistan’s captains were Hashmatullah Shahidi for the ODIs and Mohammad Nabi for the T20Is.

ODI series
Bangladesh won the three-match ODI series 2–1. Litton Das scored the most runs for Bangladesh in the series with 223, and Rahmat Shah led Afghanistan with 133. Fazalhaq Farooqi took the most wickets for Afghanistan (6), while Shakib Al Hasan took the most for Bangladesh (5). Litton Das was named the player of the ODI series.

T20I series
The two-match T20I series finished 1–1. Litton Das scored the most runs for Bangladesh (73), and Hazratullah Zazai led Afghanistan with 65. Nasum Ahmed took the most wickets for Bangladesh (4), while Fazalhaq Farooqi and Azmatullah Omarzai each took 5 wickets for Afghanistan. Fazalhaq Farooqi was named the player of the serieS.

Background and notable events
The ODI series was part of the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League. The tour schedule was confirmed on 1 February 2022, with ODIs in Chittagong and T20Is in Dhaka. Afghanistan arrived in Sylhet on 13 February for a training camp, but eight players and three staff members tested positive for COVID-19, leading to a 48-hour isolation before retesting. All party members returned negative tests on 16 February, and a second round of testing was requested after concerns about false positives.

Match details and highlights
In the first ODI, Afghanistan were bowled out for 215 and Bangladesh chased 219/6, aided by a 174-run seventh-wicket partnership between Afif Hossain and Mehidy Hasan—the highest seventh-wicket partnership for Bangladesh in ODIs and the second-highest ever for that wicket in ODI cricket. In the second ODI, Litton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim added 202 for the third wicket, and Bangladesh won by 88 runs to take a 2–0 lead in the series. In the third ODI, Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored an unbeaten century as Afghanistan won by seven wickets.

T20I notes
Prior to the first T20I, Nurul Hasan was added to Bangladesh’s squad after Mushfiqur Rahim suffered an injury. Afghanistan also had Qais Ahmad and Mohammad Saleem as traveling reserves for the ODI matches.