Mushfiqur plays the underdog card before Afghanistan series

Mushfiqur Rahim opines that Afghanistan would begin as top picks in the prospective T20I arrangement in Dehradun attributable to their intense turn hub of Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

Rashid (13 wickets) and Mujeeb (14 wickets) are among the main wicket-takers in the continuous version of the Indian Premier League and have been somewhat parsimonious while taking every one of those wickets.

Mushfiqur trusts Afghanistan will likewise have the benefit of playing in well-known conditions in India, their embraced home. ''They will play at their home ground which will be a major preferred standpoint for them,'' Mushfiqur told columnists in front of the arrangement.

"Rashid Khan is a world-class bowler. No group in the IPL could take more than six to seven keeps running from him with the exception of one match,

''At that point they got Test status and will play a Test coordinate straightaway. They are likewise a decent side in ODIs and they have fit the bill for the World Cup. So everything will be to support them and [on best of it] they will play in the well-known surface. So I think on the grounds that about every one of these reasons we will begin the arrangement from behind,' he included.

Afghanistan's current triumph in the ICC World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe in spite of losing their initial three amusements of the opposition is being viewed for instance of the quick walks made in the global circuit.

Notwithstanding, Mushfiqur trusts that Bangladesh's execution in the Nidahas Trophy, where they earned a spot in the last to the detriment of host Sri Lanka, will hold the side in great stead going into the Afghanistan arrangement.

''We will get certainty from our last Twenty20 arrangement in Sri Lanka. It was vital for us to beat Sri Lanka and perform well against India,'' said Mushfiq. ''We need to proceed by making arrangements and we are cheerful that we will do well. We have some profoundly experienced able players. On the off chance that they click at the opportune time we will have an incredible arrangement,'' he included.

Bangladesh will go to Dehradun on May 29 and are planned to play a training match on June 1 preceding the beginning of the arrangement. Bangladesh will play three T20Is against their Asian adversaries at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on June 3, 5 and 7 individually.