Afghanistan decide to bat vs Bangladesh
Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi gained the toss in opposition to Bangladesh within the first ODI in Sharjah, and opted to bat first.
Fazalhaq Farooqi was their solely frontline fast, with Azmatullah Omarzai and Gulbadin Naib to offer assist.
Bangladesh, in the meantime, are with out Shakib Al Hasan, who has reportedly opted out of the sequence; Litton Das, who’s down with a fever; and Tanzim Hasan, who’s out with a shoulder harm. Nasum Ahmed and Nahid Rana had been unavailable for the sport, as they had been awaiting their UAE visa within the lead-up to the match. They’ve gone in with three frontline pacers in Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman and Shoriful Islam and two spinners in Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Rishad Hossain.
Afghanistan enter the sequence on the again of a 2-1 win in opposition to South Africa in September, at the same time as Bangladesh are taking part in their first ODI in eight months. That is additionally Bangladesh’s first ODI in Sharjah in 29 years.
Afghanistan: 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Sediqullah Atal, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), 5 Azmatullah Omarzai, 6 Mohammad Nabi, 7 Gulbadin Naib, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 AM Ghazanfar, 10 Nangeyalia Kharote, 11 Fazalhaq Farooqi
Bangladesh: 1 Tanzid Hasan Tamim, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), 4 Towhid Hridoy, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 8 Rishad Hossain, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Shoriful Islam
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