#Bangladesh vs #Afghanistan #Cricket #TufailShahzad- 3rd ODI - 28th-Feb-2022 - Afghanistan tour of Bangladesh 2022 Its time for game no.3 of the ODI series between Afghanistan and Bangladesh and the hosts are in a commanding position with 2-0 lead. With just one match to unfurl, it's sure that the Afghans will be participating in this contest for pride. Bangladesh has incurred a fighting and a comfortable victory in the first two ODI's and Tamim Iqbal has led the team quite well in both the games. The youngsters have been brilliant for the Bangladeshi Tigers and have made things easy for a clean-sweep. Afghanistan on the other hand, has lacked proper depth in their batting order. Scores of 215 and 218 aren't enough to win games in 50 overs, specially when the opposition has experienced batters and is playing in their home turf. Though it's a dead rubber on Monday, but surely, the Afghan side has to put out some good plans and execute it well against this formidable Bangladesh side. Bangladesh will take on Afghanistan in the 3rd and final ODI at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. The hosts, Bangladesh have already won this 3-match ODI series as they are 2-0 up. They will now try to get a clean sweep out of this while Afghanistan will look for a win here to save their nations pride. In the last two ODI's probably Afghanistan had a clear chance to win the first one as they reduced Bangladesh just to 45/6 chasing 219 to win. It was all Fazalhaq Farooqi in the initial stages as he picked up 4-wickets. This was their game to lose and they couldn't handle the lower-order of the hosts resulting in a 4-wickets loss. Mehidy Hasan and Afif Hossain's unbroken seventh wicket stand of 174-runs was the climax of the game. But the second ODI was completely dominated by Bangladesh as they crush aside the visitors by a comfortable margin of 88-runs. The senior pros of Liton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim played exceedingly well as they posted 306/4 in the 50-overs. The former scored a brilliant century while the latter ended 14-runs short of what would have been a cracking hundred. Since all the three ODI's are taking place at the same venue both the teams will have a fair idea about the surface and will field a balanced eleven for sure. Batting first looks like a good choice because in both the games chasing has been very difficult. Though the first game was won by a chasing side, it was only because of Bangladesh's brilliant lower-order batting display as they were in a deep trouble at one stage. So it should be ideal for a captain to bat first if they win the toss. Afghan might go with the same playing XI but Bangladesh might think of giving opportunities to the players who are there in the waiting list as they have already sealed the series.