Tigers to field first in T20I opener

Bangladesh have won the toss and decided to field first in the first of the two-match T20I series against Afghanistan at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Friday.

The Tigers made two changes in the lineup from the eleven from the previous T20I against Ireland .

Hasan Mahmud and Rishad Hossain made way for Mehedi Hasan Miraz and Mustafizur Rahman. 

Bangladesh XI: 1 Litton Das (wk), 2 Rony Talukdar, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Shakib Al Hasan (c), 5 Towhid Hridoy, 6 Shamim Hossain, 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 8 Taskin Ahmed, 9 Nasum Ahmed, 10 Shoriful Islam, 11 Mustafizur Rahman

Afghanistan XI: 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Hazratullah Zazai, 3 Ibrahim Zadran, 4 Najibullah Zadran, 5 Mohammad Nabi, 6 Karim Janat, 7 Rashid Khan (c), 8 Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 9 Fareed Ahmad, 10 Azmatullah Omarzai, 11 Fazalhaq Farooqi