Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal said they were happy chasing as they expect the pitch to play well throughout the day
Toss Afghanistan decided to bat against Bangladesh
Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and elected to bat against Bangladesh in the first ODI in Chattogram. Their opposite number Tamim Iqbal said that they were expecting the pitch to play all day, so they were happy.
Yasir Ali is making his debut for Bangladesh as he made four changes to the squad that played his last match in this format in July. Mohd Mithun, Nurul Hasan, Mosaddek Hossain and Mohd Saifuddin went while Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Yasir came.
Afghanistan made three changes from their last match against the Netherlands. Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib and Yameen Ahmedzai have been included in place of Riyaz Hasan, Ajmatullah Omerzai and Qais Ahmed.
The first match of this series is the ninth ODI overall between the two sides. The home team is leading 5-3, but it is considered a tough match.
Bangladesh: 1 Liton Das, 2 Tamim Iqbal (c), 3 Shakib Al Hasan, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Yasir Ali, 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Afif Hossain, 8 Mehdi Hasan Miraj, 9 Shorful Islam, 10 Taskin Ahmed, 11 Mustafizur Rahman
Afghanistan: 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Ibrahim Zadran, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), 5 Najibullah Zadran, 6 Gulbadin Naib, 7 Mohammad Nabi, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Mujeeb ur Rahman, 10 Yameen Ahmedzai, 11 Fazlaq farooqui