Afghan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2016–17
| Afghan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2016–17 | |||
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| Bangladesh | Afghanistan | ||
| Dates | 23 September – 1 October 2016 | ||
| Captains | Mashrafe Mortaza | Asghar Stanikzai | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Bangladesh won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Tamim Iqbal (218) | Rahmat Shah (107) | |
| Most wickets | Taskin Ahmed (7) | Rashid Khan (7) | |
| Player of the series | Tamim Iqbal (Ban) | ||
The Afghanistan cricket team toured Bangladesh in September and October 2016 to play three One Day Internationals (ODIs) matches. This was Afghanistan's first full series against a Test-playing side other than Zimbabwe and was the first bilateral series between the two sides. It was also Bangladesh's first home bilateral ODI series against an Associate Nation since Ireland toured in 2008. Ahead of the ODI series there was a fifty-over warm-up game between the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI and Afghanistan in Fatullah.
Afghanistan won the warm-up match by 66 runs and Bangladesh won the ODI series 2–1. This was Bangladesh's sixth consecutive series victory in ODIs.
Taskin Ahmed was added to Bangladesh's squad after his bowling action was cleared by the International Cricket Council (ICC).Mosharraf Hossain was added to the squad for the third ODI after Rubel Hossain was dropped.
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