Scenic Dharamsala offers Bangladesh, Afghanistan chance to grab early points

Big picture: Bangladesh, Afghanistan look to move on from pitfalls, drama

There is much running on Tanzid, the left-hand opener, because Bangladesh have opted for just two regular openers in him and Litton Das. Although Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Bangladesh’s all-weather batter this year, could open against Afghanistan, like he did briefly in the Asia Cup. Mehidy has shown great form with both bat and ball this year, and so has the pace attack, led by Taskin Ahmed. They have shown that Bangladesh no longer need to rely on their spinners in the subcontinent no matter what format.BangladeshBangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha about the first-timers playing the senior World Cup