Afghanistan opt to bat first

Sports Desk: Afghanistan have won the toss and decided to bat first against Bangladesh in the third match of ongoing tri-nation T20 series on Sunday.

That bucks the trend so far in this series - in the previous two games, teams have chosen to bowl upon winning the toss. And the news from the middle is that both teams are playing unchanged XIs.

Bangladesh: Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Sabbir Rahman, Sabbir Rahman, Afif Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin,  Taijul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman

Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbanz (wk), Najeeb Tarakai, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan (capt), Karim Janat, Fareed Ahmed, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

risingbd/Dhaka/September 15, 2019/AKA