Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and elected to bat first against Afghanistan in their first match in the Asia Cup at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium today.

According to the pitch report, Bangladesh will hopefully get an advantage of batting first as they are used to play in such kind of pitch back at home.

Shakib who began the captaincy in T20 format for the third time for Bangladesh looked happy with the outcome of the toss.

“We will bat first. It will be difficult for Afghanistan, so that is what we will look to do,” Shakib said after winning the toss.

Afghanistan didn’t bring up any changes from the squad that played against Sri Lanka. Bangladesh however fielded a new look opening pair with Naim Sheikh and Anamul Haque Bijoy opening the inning today.

The two teams met eight times in this format with Afghanistan leading the head-to-head battle 5-3.

Line Ups:

Bangladesh: Naim Sheikh, Anamul Haque Bijoy, Shakib Al Hasan(captain), Afif Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim(wk), Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman.

Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi(captain), Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

BDST:2004 HRS, AUG 30, 2022
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