DHAKA: Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat first in the only Twenty20 (T20) international against a confident Bangladesh who have just whitewashed the visitors in three-match ODI series.

The match will kick off at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in city’s Mirpur at 6:30pm on Friday.

Two players from both sides are making their debut in T20 international. Mustafizur Rahman and Soumya Sarkar are for Bangladesh while Mohammad Rizwan and Mukhtar Ahmed are for Pakistan.

Pakistan are among most successful in T20 matches. Pakistan won 50 out of 85 T20s, while Bangladesh only have 11 wins in 41 games.

But, Pakistan are at bottom of their confidence as their tour against the Tigers is still at zero.

Team

Bangladesh
Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim†, Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza*, Arafat Sunny, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman

Pakistan
Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Shahid Afridi*, Mukhtar Ahmed, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal

Umpires - Anisur Rahman and Sharfuddoula
TV umpire - Enamul Haque
Match referee - JJ Crowe
Reserve umpire - Mahfuzur Rahman

BDST: 1814 HRS, APR 24, 2015
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