DHAKA: Visiting Zimbabwe have won the toss and elected to bat in first Twenty20 match of the four-match series against Bangladesh at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Friday.

The match is set to begin around 3:00pm (Bangladesh time).

With the Asia Cup T20 looming and the WT20 to follow, Bangladesh are keen to lock a balanced combination.

Zimbabwe will also look to build for the WT20. They welcome back some experience in the form of Hamilton Masakadza, Vitori and Sibanda.

Bangladesh Team
Mashrafe Mortaza*, Abu Hider, Al-Amin Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim†, Mustafizur Rahman, Nurul Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Shuvagata Hom, Soumya Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal

Zimbabwe Team
E Chigumbura*, CJ Chibhabha, TS Chisoro, AG Cremer, LM Jongwe, N Madziva, H Masakadza, WP Masakadza, PJ Moor, R Mutumbami†, T Muzarabani, V Sibanda, Sikandar Raza, BV Vitori, MN Waller, SC Williams

BDST: 1440 HRS, JAN 15, 2016
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