DHAKA: Host Bangladesh is set to face Afghans in the first qualifying match of ICC World T20, 2014 at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium at Mirpur of the city on Sunday afternoon.

On the opening day, both the teams will play with the threat of elimination hanging over their heads since only one team will qualify from Group A of the World T20`s first round.

The match will kick-off at 3:30pm local time.

Afghanistan have already taken the upper-hand by beating the home side in the Asia Cup earlier this month, and have been talking up this exact phenomenon at every opportunity.

Afghanistan coach Kabir Khan said “When you`re hosting a world tournament and you want to be in the tournament and you`re afraid of getting out of it that is the sort of pressure that is on you. I personally think they [Bangladesh] are facing more pressure than us.”

Bangladesh Squad
Mushfiqur Rahim*†, Abdur Razzak, Al-Amin Hossain, Anamul Haque, Farhad Reza, Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mominul Haque, Nasir Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Shamsur Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Sohag Gazi, Tamim Iqbal

Afghanistan Squad
Mohammad Nabi*, Aftab Alam, Asghar Stanikzai, Dawlat Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Hamza Hotak, Karim Sadiq, Mirwais Ashraf, Mohammad Shahzad†, Najeeb Tarakai, Najibullah Zadran, Nawroz Mangal, Samiullah Shenwari, Shafiqullah, Shapoor Zadran

BDST: 0940HRS, MAR 16, 2014