FROM MIRPUR: Bangladesh cricket team are facing Afghanistan bowlers in their first match of an One Day International (ODI) series at Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday (September 25).

After 10 months of break for Bangladesh tigers in ODI, the players started the match around 2:30pm in the stadium with great expectation.

In ranking, Bangladesh team is way ahead than Afghanistan, however, the winning for the guest country by 66 runs in a preparation match against BCB Eleven in Fatullah on Friday (September 23) made them confident.

Bangladesh Final Squad: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Taijul Islam, Rubel Hossain and Taskin Ahmed.

Afghanistan Final Squad: Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Shabir Noor, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Asghar Stanikzai (capt), Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Rashid Khan, Mirwais Ashraf, Dawlat Zadran and Naveen-ul-Haq.

BDST: 1516 HRS, SEP 25, 2016
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