Bangladesh suffered an ignominious collapse as they slid to defeat in the first ODI against Afghanistan, losing seven wickets for 11 runs at the end of their innings, up there with the worst in the history of the format. Here’s the full list of the worst men’s ODI collapses.
At what should have been the halfway stage of their chase, Bangladesh were well placed. Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto was nearing his fifty and had guided his team to 118-2, exactly halfway to their 236-run target. Within a flash, however, the game was done. Shanto was the first to go, paddle-sweeping Mohammad Nabi to short fine leg for 47, and while Towhid Hridoy and Mehediy Hasan Miraz attempted a rebuild, the latter was caught excellently by Azmatullah Omarzai off AM Ghazanfar to spark a dramatic tumble.
In total, Bangladesh lost seven wickets for 11 runs in 24 balls to Ghazanfar and Rashid Khan, the former finishing with six wickets and the latter picking up a couple. This included a triple-wicket over for Ghazanfar, who had taken just four wickets in his five-match ODI career before today.
The collapse ranked up there among the worst of all time. Only once have Bangladesh lost seven wickets for fewer runs, against India at Mirpur in 2014. On that occasion, they slipped from 50-3 to 58 all out, with Stuart Binny taking six wickets for four runs.
Among all men’s teams, the fewest runs any team has added in losing their last seven wickets is three runs, with Zimbabwe tied in knots by Sri Lanka’s mystery spinners Ajantha Mendis and Muttiah Muralidaran in 2008. They were 124-3 and then 127 all out at Harare. In total, there have been six worse collapses from three down to all out, and eight innings to contain worse seven-wicket collapses in total.
The second ODI also takes place at Sharjah, on Saturday, November 9.
Worst seven-wicket collapses in men’s ODI history, full list:
| Team | Opposition | Venue | Year | Collapse start | Collapse end | Seven lost for... |
| Zimbabwe | Sri Lanka | Harare | 2008 | 124-3 | 127-10 | 3 |
| Sri Lanka | West Indies | Sharjah | 1986 | 45-2 and 45-3 | 51-9 and 55-10 | 6 |
| Afghanistan | Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 2024 | 143-2 and 146-3 | 153-9 and 153-10 | 7 |
| USA | Nepal | Kirtipur | 2020 | 23-1, 27-2 and 27-3 | 31-8, 35-9 and 35-10 | 8 |
| Bangladesh | India | Mirpur | 2014 | 50-3 | 58-10 | 8 |
| West Indies | Zimbabwe | Sydney | 2001 | 16-0 and 22-1 | 25-7 and 32-8 | 9 |
| Zimbabwe | Sri Lanka | Harare | 2004 | 18-2 | 28-8 | 10 |
| England | India | Gwailor | 1993 | 246-3 | 256-10 | 10 |
| England | West Indies | Lord's | 1979 | 183-2 and 183-3 | 194-9 and 194-10 | 11 |
| South Africa | Pakistan | East London | 1993 | 151-3 | 162-10 | 11 |
| Zimbabwe | Sri Lanka | SSC | 2001 | 27-3 | 38-10 | 11 |
| Bangladesh | Afghanistan | Sharjah | 2024 | 132-3 | 143-10 | 11 |
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