Bangladesh vs Afghanistan only Test, statistical preview: Who will emerge on top in first ever clash?

Bangladesh and Afghanistan are set to meet for the first time in Test cricket, at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (ZACS), Chattogram, from September 5. Ahead of the Test, here is a statistical preview.

Statistical preview

0 Tests between Bangladesh and Afghanistan till now. Afghanistan’s only Tests so far have been against India and Ireland.

0 Tests for Afghanistan outside India. They had lost to India at Bengaluru and beaten Ireland at Dehradun.

0.152 win-loss ratio of Bangladesh (13 wins, 85 defeats), the worst for any side that has played 4 or more Tests.

0.2 win-loss ratio of Bangladesh at ZACS (2 wins, 10 defeats from 18 Tests). They have won more Tests only at Shere Bangla National Stadium (5 from 19).

1 wicket needed by Taijul Islam (99) to become the 3rd Bangladeshi and 190th overall to reach the 100-wicket mark. Another wicket will take him past Mohammad Rafique (100). However, Shakib Al Hasan (205) is some distance away.

4 Test series won by Bangladesh till date – 1-0 against Zimbabwe at home (2004-05), 2-0 in West Indies (2008-09), 3-0 against Zimbabwe at home (2014-15), and 2-0 against West Indies at home (2018-19).

4 uncapped members in the Afghanistan side – Ibrahim Zadran, Sayed Shirzad, Shapoor Zadran, and Zahir Khan. They may add to their list of 14 Test caps.

9 Test wickets for Rashid Khan and Yamin Ahmadzai, the most for Afghanistan.

13 Tests as captain for Shakib, the joint 3rd in Bangladesh history. Mohammad Ashraful has also led them 13 times. Only Mushfiqur Rahim (34) and Habibul Bashar (18) have led them in more Tests.

55 runs needed by Shakib (2,422) to go past Tamim Iqbal (2,476) and become the leading run-scorer on Bangladesh soil.

63 runs needed by Mominul Islam (1,937) to become the 4th batsman – after Tamim (2,476), Shakib (2,476), and Mushfiqur (2,232) – to score 2,000 runs on Bangladesh soil.

192 Test runs for Rahmat Shah, the most for Afghanistan, followed by Hashmatullah Shahidi (112) and Asghar Afghan (103).