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Bangladesh asked to bat first in Mirpur

Bangladesh's stand-in skipper Liton Das tosses the coin. Photo: Firoz Ahmed

Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and asked Bangladesh to bat first in the one-off Test in Mirpur on Wednesday.

These two teams have met once before in this format, with Afghanistan claiming victory in that memorable encounter in Chattogram back in 2019. 

Afghanistan are playing a Test match for the first time in two years while this is the second Test for Bangladesh this year. Bangladesh are without regular captain Shakib Al Hasan and ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal out of this Test through injury. Afghanistan's biggest star Rashid Khan has been rested for this match. 

Teams

 

Bangladesh: 1 Zakir Hasan, 2 Mahmudul Hasan Joy, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Mominul Haque, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim, 6 Litton Das (capt & wk), 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 8 Taijul Islam, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Shoriful Islam, 11 Ebadot Hossain

Afghanistan: 1 Ibrahim Zadran, 2 Abdul Malik, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), 5 Nasir Jamal, 6 Karim Janat, 7 Afsar Zazai (wk), 8 Hamza Hotak, 9 Zahir Khan, 10 Nijatullah Masood, 11 Yamin Ahmadzai

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Bangladesh asked to bat first in Mirpur

Bangladesh's stand-in skipper Liton Das tosses the coin. Photo: Firoz Ahmed

Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and asked Bangladesh to bat first in the one-off Test in Mirpur on Wednesday.

These two teams have met once before in this format, with Afghanistan claiming victory in that memorable encounter in Chattogram back in 2019. 

Afghanistan are playing a Test match for the first time in two years while this is the second Test for Bangladesh this year. Bangladesh are without regular captain Shakib Al Hasan and ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal out of this Test through injury. Afghanistan's biggest star Rashid Khan has been rested for this match. 

Teams

 

Bangladesh: 1 Zakir Hasan, 2 Mahmudul Hasan Joy, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Mominul Haque, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim, 6 Litton Das (capt & wk), 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 8 Taijul Islam, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Shoriful Islam, 11 Ebadot Hossain

Afghanistan: 1 Ibrahim Zadran, 2 Abdul Malik, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), 5 Nasir Jamal, 6 Karim Janat, 7 Afsar Zazai (wk), 8 Hamza Hotak, 9 Zahir Khan, 10 Nijatullah Masood, 11 Yamin Ahmadzai

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হাসিনা-জয়ের বিরুদ্ধে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে ৩০০ মিলিয়ন ডলার পাচারের অভিযোগ তদন্ত করবে দুদক

এর আগে শেখ হাসিনা, তার বোন শেখ রেহানা, ছেলে সজীব ওয়াজেদ জয় এবং রেহানার মেয়ে টিউলিপ সিদ্দিকের বিরুদ্ধে নয়টি প্রকল্পে ৮০ হাজার কোটি টাকার অনিয়ম ও দুর্নীতির অভিযোগ তদন্তের সিদ্ধান্ত নেয় দুদক।

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