Afghanistan win toss, bowl in one-off Bangladesh Test
AFP | Dhaka
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Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and elected to bowl in the one-off Test against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday.
Bangladesh are without opener Tamim Iqbal, who has been ruled out of the game with a lower back pain.
Afghanistan handed right-arm medium pacer Nijat Masood a Test debut.
Afghanistan won the only Test between the two teams when they beat the home side by 224 runs at Chittagong in 2019.
Bangladesh: Zakir Hasan, Mahmudul Hasan, Najmul Hossain, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das (captain), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Ebadot Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam.
Afghanistan: Ibrahim Zadran, Abdul Malik, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Nasir Jamal, Afsar Zazai, Karim Janat, Zahir Khan, Hamza Hotak, Yamin Ahmadzai, Nijat Masood.
Umpires: Chris Brown (NZL), Paul Reiffel (AUS)
TV umpire: Adrian Holdstock (SA)
Match Referee: Chris Broad (ENG)
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