Bangladesh won by 105 runs
Afghanistan 162 all out (42.5 overs)
Bangladesh 267 (50 overs) after winning toss
Pool A match in Canberra
Image source, APThe teams have made it out to the middle for the national anthems and what a moment for these Afghanistan players to hear it for the first time at a World Cup.
Image source, Getty ImagesAndy Moles was once known as a burly opening batsman for Warwickshire with a reputation for punishing loose bowling.
Fast-forward to the present day and Moles, 54, has swapped the county cricket circuit for the role of Afghanistan coach.
It's a job with unique challenges and a testing environment in more ways than one as he told BBC Sport's Stephan Shemilt.
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special
"To me, this is like a mini-India v Pakistan. Two exciting teams, and the history of Afghanistan over the last few years is incredible. They'll be fired up and Bangladesh will want to show they can perform, I think it could be a really close match."
Test Match Special has live ball-by-ball coverage of every match of this World Cup and coverage of today's game is under way.
Commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra comes from Charles Dagnall, Jim Maxwell, Tim Gavel, Neil Manthorp, Ebony Rainford-Brent and Russel Arnold.
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Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Mahmudullah, Soumya Sarkar, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed.
Afghanistan: Afsar Zazai (wk), Javed Ahmadi, Nawroz Mangal, Ashgar Stanikzai, Samiullah Shenwari, Mohammad Nabi (capt), Najibullah Zadran, Mirwais Ashraf, Aftab Alam, Shapoor Zadran, Hamid Hassan.
Umpires are Steve Davis from Australia and Joel Wilson from the West Indies.
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Bangladesh win the toss and elect to bat as captain Mashrafe Mortaza correctly calls heads following Ramiz Raja's introductions.
It looks like a clear day and a fresh pitch. We'll confirm the teams shortly.
The teams are in the Australian capital of Canberra for today's game at the Manuka Oval.
Here comes the toss.
It's day five of the World Cup and welcome along to our coverage of this Pool A match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan from the Manuka Oval in Canberra.
Both these sides are playing their first matches in this year's competition - and as you've already heard - it's Afghanistan's full debut in this format.
We'll bring you news of the teams and the toss in a few moments.
If Hollywood ever decides to film a sequel to Cool Runnings, it could do worse than buy up the rights to the Afghanistan cricket story.
The incredible tale of the rise of cricket in Afghanistan has already been told in a 2010 documentary film, "Out of the Ashes", but the feel-good fairytale deserves the Disney treatment given to the Jamaican bobsleigh team and their path to the 1988 Winter Olympics in Canada.
Afghanistan's national cricket federation was only established in 1995, but the team has thrived despite war and internal political strife over the past 20 years. Cricket survived in Afghanistan in part because it was the only sport supported by both the Taliban and their political opponents.
This morning, an Afghanistan team that includes a number of players who grew up in refugee camps in Pakistan will make their debut in the World Cup.