Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has won the toss and chose to bowl first against Afghanistan in the first of the two-match Twenty20 international series at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Friday. 

The Tigers made two changes in the lineup from the eleven from the previous T20I against Ireland. 

Hasan Mahmud and Rishad Hossain made way for Mehedi Hasan Miraz and Mustafizur Rahman. 

Bangladesh XI
Shakib Al Hasan [capt], Liton Das [wk], Rony Talukdar, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain Patwary, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed. 

Afghanistan XI
Rahmanullah Gurbaz [wk), Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan [capt], Mujeeb-Ur- Rahman, Fareed Ahmad, Azmatullah Omarzai, Fazalhaq Farooqi