DHAKA: Bangladesh and South Africa will face-off in their first T20 match of two-match series in Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday.

The match is scheduled to begin at 1:00pm (local time).

The first T20I will be a test of Bangladesh's pristine confidence, as the hosts take on the established pedigree of South Africa.

Going into this game, however, Bangladesh are in completely different shape. They have been quite the form side in 2015, even winning their only T20 of the year, against Pakistan in Mirpur, reports cricinfo.com

South Africa are on their first bilateral tour of Bangladesh since 2008, although they have been here for the 2011 World Cup and 2014 World T20.

The last encounter between the two sides was in 2011, when Bangladesh were bowled out for 78 and suffered a humiliating exit from the World Cup.

South Africa, meanwhile, are the second most successful international T20 team currently, just behind Pakistan. The last time they played Bangladesh in this format was in 2008, but curiously, both teams will go into this game having won their last game but lost the previous four.

Bangladesh are likely to keep Jubair Hossain, Rony Talukdar and Rubel Hossain in the bench, opting for two left-arm spinners and Sohag Gazi's off-spin in their bowling attack.

South Africa could have AB de Villiers as an opener or No 3, according to Faf du Plessis. The visitors could also employ a bit of extra pace in the form of Kagiso Rabada in Mirpur after he impressed in the slow pitch of Fatullah.

Bangladesh Squad
Mashrafe Mortaza*, Shakib Al Hasan, Arafat Sunny, Jubair Hossain, Litton Das†, Mushfiqur Rahim†, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Rony Talukdar, Rubel Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Sohag Gazi, Soumya Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal

South Africa Squad
F du Plessis*, KJ Abbott, Q de Kock†, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, BE Hendricks, E Leie, DA Miller, CH Morris, WD Parnell, AM Phangiso, K Rabada, RR Rossouw, D Wiese

BDST: 1100 HRS, JULY 05, 2015
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