Toss Afghanistan chose to bowl against Bangladesh
Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi decided to bowl against Bangladesh in the one-off Test in Dhaka. His opposite number, Litton Das, also on captaincy debut in long-form cricket, said he would have wanted to do the same on a pitch that looked decently green.
Afghanistan are playing a Test after two years, which meant several changes. Javed Ahmadi, Sayed Shirzad and Shahidullah are not in the squad while Asghar Afghan has retired and Rashid Khan has been rested. They have handed debuts to Karim Janat and Nijat Masood.
Zakir last played against India when he scored a century on debut, while Joy’s last Test was in June 2022. Taskin played against India last year, but missed the Ireland Test due to injury.
Bangladesh: 1 Zakir Hasan, 2 Mahmudul Hasan Joy, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Mominul Haque, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim, 6 Litton Das (capt & wk), 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 8 Taijul Islam, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Shoriful Islam, 11 Ebadot Hossain
Afghanistan: 1 Ibrahim Zadran, 2 Abdul Malik, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), 5 Nasir Jamal, 6 Karim Janat, 7 Afsar Zazai (wk), 8 Amir Hamza, 9 Zahir Khan, 10 Nijat Masood, 11 Yamin Ahmadzai
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