DHAKA: Bangladesh scored 177 runs for six as they started the first innings in their first match against Sri Lanka in Mirpur on Monday.

Tamim Iqbal, Marshall Ayub, Shamsur Rahman, Mominul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan and Nasir Hossain returned to pavilion scoring 6, 1, 33, 8, 55 and 4 runs respectively. Shaminda Eranga bagged three wickets while Lakmal, Matthews and Herath took one wicket each.

Mushfiqur Rahim and     Sohag Gazi facing the Lankan bowlers with 45 and 19 run respectively.

Earlier in the day, Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first in capital’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.

Bangladesh have three pacers -- Robiul Islam, Rubel Hossain and Al Amin Hossain.

The visitors were without Prasanna Jayawardene, who flew home for family reasons, and Dinesh Chandimal will take the gloves in his stead. The vacancy in the batting order meant that left-hand batsman Kithuruwan Vithanage would play his third Test - all of which have been against Bangladesh.

Offspinner Dilruwan Perera was also in the side, as were Suranga Lakmal and Shaminda Eranga, who both together bowled 130.3 Test overs in the past four weeks. Ajantha Mendis and Nuwan Pradeep however missed out.

Opener Shamsur Rahman became the 71st Test cricketer for Bangladesh, replacing Anamul Haque at the top of the order. Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak was left out in favour of seam bowler Robiul Islam.

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Shamsur Rahman, Marshall Ayub, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim (capt & wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain, Sohag Gazi, Robiul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Al Amin Hossain.

Sri Lanka: 1 Kaushal Silva, 2 Dimuth Karunaratne, 3 Kumar Sangakkara, 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Kithuruwan Vithanage, 6 Angelo Mathews (capt), 7 Dinesh Chandimal (wk), 8 Dilruwan Perera, 9 Shaminda Eranga, 10 Rangana Herath, 11 Suranga Lakmal.

BDST: 1022 HRS, JAN 27, 2014