Pakistan win toss, elect to bat against Bangladesh in only T20 match
Pakistan was clean sweeped by Bangladesh in three one-day internationals series.
MIRPUR (Dunya News) – Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi won the toss and elected to bat first against Bangladesh in the only Twenty20 international against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka on Friday.
Pakistan was clean sweeped by Bangladesh in three one-day internationals series.
However, Pakistan T20 captain Shahid Afridi is hopeful of winning this match.
Pakistan and Bangladesh have played seven T20s previously, with Pakistan winning all the matches.
Bangladesh will be looking to ride on their recent ODI run to break Pakistan s stranglehold today.
Here are the two squads:
Pakistan Team: Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Shahid Afridi*, Mukhtar Ahmed, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal
Bangladesh Team: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim†, Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza*, Arafat Sunny, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman
Umpires: Anisur Rahman (BAN) and Sharfuddoula Saikat (BAN)
TV umpire: Enamul Haque (BAN)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)
