Afghanistan national cricket team faced Bangladesh in the first match of the 20-over cricket series at Sylhet International Stadium and lost by two wickets. The outcome of this match was not known until the last moments, until Bangladesh managed to win the last two balls of the match.

Bangladesh won the toss at the beginning of this match and decided to bowl. In the first over, Afghanistan lost seven wickets in 20 overs and set a target of 155 runs for Bangladesh. Mohammad Nabi Isakhel, an experienced Afghanistan player, stayed in the game until the end and managed to score 54 runs from 40 balls. After Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, another Afghan player, scored the most points for Afghanistan with 33 runs from 18 balls.

In the second over of this match, when Bangladesh was bowling, this team was able to complete the set target in 19.5 overs, while losing eight wickets and only one ball left in the field. Bangladesh won this game with a difference of two wickets to lead Afghanistan 1-0.

In the 20th over of the match and when the flow of the game was not in Afghanistan's favor, the Afghan player Karim Jant was able to knock out three opponent players in a row and get a hat trick.

There was nothing left for the Afghan team to win this match with the brilliance of Karim Jannett in ball throwing; But the Bangladeshi players reached the target in the fifth ball out of six balls of the last over and won the game.

At the end of this match, "Tawheed Haridvi", the bowler of the Bangladesh team, who made 47 runs from 32 balls and was one of the important factors of Bangladesh's victory, was chosen as the best player of the field.

The Afghanistan and Bangladesh teams faced each other in another 20-over game on July 16.