Afghanistan reached 203/4 at lunch on October 13 in the one-off Test against Bangladesh at Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi. They still needed 276 runs to reach a 479-run target. Cricinfo’s lunch entry recorded an ongoing fifth day, so neither a winner nor a draw had been settled at that checkpoint.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board scheduled the Test for October 9–13 as part of its UAE programme. For Indian readers checking today’s result, a Day 4 report is not the latest match position: Afghanistan had closed October 12 on 132/3, needing 347 more.
How the 479-run target was built
Bangladesh scored 346 in their first innings and 372/7 declared in their second; Afghanistan made 240 in their first. The difference is 346+372−240=478. Afghanistan therefore needed 479 in the final innings to finish ahead, rather than merely match Bangladesh’s combined total.
Litton Das scored 102 in Bangladesh’s second innings, alongside 82 from Najmul Hossain Shanto and 81 from Mushfiqur Rahim, according to the scorecard. The declaration closed the innings at seven wickets, setting the final chase; it was not Bangladesh being bowled out for 372.
What 203/4 means at lunch
At lunch, the calculation had changed from 479−132=347 overnight to 479−203=276. The scorecard recorded Sediqullah Atal on 66 and Ismat Alam on 0 at the interval. This is a lunch snapshot, not a continuously updated live score or a final total.
Hashmatullah Shahidi was listed as retired hurt on 20, while four wickets had fallen. Retirement for injury is not the same as another dismissal; the card kept Afghanistan at 203/4. It provides no diagnosis or promise that he will return to bat, and this report adds neither.
Follow the scorecard, then the result
To follow what happens after lunch, open the match’s full scorecard and read the current status together with the Afghanistan second-innings total. Its match-flow section preserves earlier lunch and close-of-play entries. ACB’s fixture confirms the venue, but its displayed status was unknown and does not establish the live result.
A large target does not itself award Bangladesh a win. Under MCC Law 16, a two-innings victory requires the relevant completed-innings condition; a match that ends without a winning or tied result can be a draw. The next useful checks are the chase total, remaining dismissals and the confirmed result, rather than converting a lunchtime deficit into a predicted outcome.
Cricinfo’s scorecard provides a dated October13 lunch checkpoint, not a continuous live feed. ACB’s original schedule and venue and MCC Law16 were read directly. No diagnosis, final result or Indian video-broadcast availability is asserted.
- Cricinfo full scorecard and dated match flow ↗
- ACB official September8 series schedule ↗
- ACB official fixture and venue ↗
- MCC Law16 The Result ↗