Loosing toss, Tigers start batting against Afghans

Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bowl in their first of the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Wednesday.

Till updating the report around 5:10pm, Bangladesh earned 138 runs, loosing 6 wickets after 32 overs at 4.31 current run rate.

Tamim Iqbal, captain of the ODI team, has returned to action despite claiming that he is not "hundred percent" well after missing the lone Test against the Afghans last month due to reoccurring back problems. 

The left-hander, who has attracted attention owing to his injuries over the past few days, will have pressure to perform, particularly because this series is viewed as a practice match for the upcoming Asia Cup and World Cup.

Star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan also resumes play after missing the one-off Test against Afghanistan and the third ODI of the Ireland trip in May owing to a finger injury.

Afif Hossain, who was cut from the team after the home series against England last March due to poor play, has been reinstated as the team‍‍`s "seventh batter," according to skipper Tamim.

Bangladesh will use Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, and Mustafizur Rahman as their three pacers for the match.  

Bangladesh have a respectable record in this format versus the Afghans, having won seven of the eleven meetings between the two teams.

Afghanistan triumphed in the other four games. Additionally, the Tigers prevailed 2-1 at home in their previous series against the competition. 

Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal (capt), 2 Litton Das, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Towhid Hridoy, 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 7 Afif Hossain, 8 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Hasan Mahmud

Afghanistan: 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Ibrahim Zadran, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), 5 Mohammad Nabi, 6 Najibullah Zadran, 7 Rashid Khan, 8 Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 9 Fazalhaq Farooqi, 10 Azmatullah Omarzai, 11 Mohammad Saleem