Bangladesh have won the toss and chose to bowl first against the world champion England in the first of the three Twenty20 internationals at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram on Thursday. 

The home side who has opted for three pacers alongside two spinners returned Rony Talukdar and Shamim Hossain following a-eight and two year of pause while capped Towhid Hridoy.

This would be first ever bilateral series for both sides in the shortest version of cricket. 

Bangladesh XI
Rony Talukdar, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan [capt], Towhid Hridoy, Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Nasum Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman 

England XI
Phil Salt, Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan, Ben Duckett, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood