Bangladesh vs Afghanistan 3nd ODI Betting Tips 28/02/2022

February 27, 2022

Zohaib Ahmed, Senior Author

The 3^rd and final ODI between Bangladesh and Afghanistan will be played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram on Feb 28 (Monday). The match is to begin at 10:30am IST.

Teams Status

Bangladesh

Thanks to wins in each of the first two ODIs, Bangladesh now stand on the cusp of an impressive whitewash against a side that is not too far behind in terms of overall talent.

Despite the series already in the bag, the Tigers would still want to give their all to win this as it would net them an extra ten points in the ODI Super League.

What’s remarkable is that Bangladesh’s twin wins have come despite their two main batsmen – captain Tamim Iqbal and star allrounder Shakib Al Hasan – failing both the times. The duo would want to get some runs under their belt ahead of the T20I series where Afghanistan are expected to be much more competitive.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan are a decent T20 side but a below average ODI side and that became more evident in this series as they appeared to look without a working plan.

The main problem over the first two ODIs has been the no-show of their ace spin trio Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rehman and Mohammad Nabi.

All three have combined to take just three wickets between themselves so far. Thus, when a breakthrough was needed in the series opener, they could not provide and when the same was required in the last game, they again were ineffective.

The batters have not wrapped themselves in glory either but then this is a side led by their spin unit so more was expected of the bowlers.

There have also been question marks on the decisions being made by new captain Hashmatullah Shahidi, especially when it comes to bowling rotations.

What Do the Sportsbooks Say?

Brand	Bangladesh	Afghanistan
	1.36	3.05
	1.37	3.20
	1.37	3.15

Bangladesh are big favourites for the 3^rd ODI. Parimatch has Bangladesh priced at 1.36 and Afghanistan at 3.05. Paripesa has Bangladesh available for 1.37 and Afghanistan for 3.20. Lastly, Sportsbet has Bangladesh priced at 1.37 and Afghanistan at 3.15.

Tipster’s Angle

Tip: Afghanistan to win @ 3.20

Our strategy for the most of our bets is to bet on the odds and not the results because if you fall into the trap of picking winners solely, you end up laying a lot of chalk. Playing the odds is a safer, lower-risk strategy and so even though Afghanistan have looked bad this series, the odds on them for this game are really good and so we want to root for an upset here. The odds for this play have been sourced from Paripesa.

Tip: Tamim Iqbal to score more than 30.5 runs @ 1.87

Tamim Iqbal has scored only 20 runs over the first two matches. This was despite his average in ODIs played in Bangladesh being 38.68 and against Afghanistan 41.85. We expect a furious comeback in the series finale. The odds have been sourced from Parimatch.

Conclusion

This series is now calling for a Rashid or Mujeeb special. The spin stars must deliver for Afghanistan to get something out of the series, and we think they will.

Zohaib Ahmed

14:55, 27 Feb 2022

Senior Author

Zohaib Ahmed

Senior Author

14:55, 27 Feb 2022

Zohaib Ahmed is a sports journalist whose profession is to report and edit but whose passion is to predict and bet. He’s been in the industry for more than a decade and has worked/written for various bookmakers/tipsters. His expertise is in cricket, football, MMA, boxing and basketball.