Toss Bangladesh chose to bowl vs Pakistan
Bangladesh captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz decided to field first against Pakistan in the first ODI in Mirpur. They picked a three-man seam attack by including Nahid Rana alongside Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman.
The home side also brought in Tanzid Hasan in Soumya Sarkar’s place, while Litton Das and Afif Hossain have slotted into the middle order.
Pakistan went in with four debutants, only the second time in ODIs since 1980. The debutants are Sahibzada Farhan, Maaz Sadaqat, Shamyl Hussain and Abdul Samad. Abrar Ahmed was picked as the only specialist spinner.
Bangladesh 1 Saif Hassan, 2 Tanzid Hasan, 3 Towhid Hridoy, 4 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 5 Litton Das (wk), 6 Afif Hossain, 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz (capt), 8 Rishad Hossain, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Nahid Rana, 11 Mustafizur Rahman
Pakistan 1 Sahibzada Farhan, 2 Maaz Sadaqat, 3 Shamyl Hussain, 4 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 5 Salman Agha, 6 Hussain Talat, 7 Abdul Samad, 8 Faheem Ashraf, 9 Shaheen Shah Afridi (capt), 10 Mohammad Wasim, 11 Abrar Ahmed
