DHAKA, Bangladesh: Bangladesh captain Litton Das opted to bowl first after winning the toss against Pakistan in the first clash of the three-match T20I series at Mirpur Stadium in Dhaka on Sunday.
It is a lucky break for Litton, who had lost his last nine tosses in T20Is before Sunday.
Bangladesh brought in Taskin Ahmed in place of the left-arm quick Shoriful Islam, who played in Bangladesh’s third T20I against Sri Lanka last week.
Pakistan had to make two forced changes as Shadab Khan and Hasan Ali were out of the squad.
Mohammad Nawaz took Shadab’s place, while Salman Mirza made his debut in place of Hasan.
Pakistan also brought in Fakhar Zaman in place of Sahibzada Farhan.
Bangladesh squad
1 Tanzid Hasan, 2 Parvez Hossain Emon, 3 Litton Das (capt, wk), 4 Towhid Hridoy, 5 Shamim Hossain, 6 Jaker Ali, 7 Mahedi Hasan, 8 Rishad Hossain, 9 Tanzim Hasan, 10 Taskin Ahmed, 11 Mustafizur Rahman
Pakistan squad
1 Fakhar Zaman, 2 Saim Ayub, 3 Mohammad Haris (wk), 4 Hasan Nawaz, 5 Salman Agha (capt), 6 Mohammad Nawaz, 7 Khushdil Shah, 8 Faheem Ashraf, 9 Abbas Afridi, 10 Salman Mirza, 11 Abrar Ahmed
Head to Head
Pakistan and Bangladesh have met 22 times in T20 internationals, with Pakistan winning 19 matches and Bangladesh securing victory on just three occasions.
Matches played: 22
Pakistan won: 19
Bangladesh won: 3
