He is playing his first tournament since suffering serious injuries in a car accident in December 2022 that kept him out of last year's IPL as well as the 50-overs World Cup in India
The tigers have three changes -- Sabbir, Ravvi and Taijul sit out while Mustafizur, Liton and Subashis are in.
Squad:
Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mominul Haque, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim (c), Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das (wk), Mehedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Subashis Roy.
The hosts have left Dhananjaya out and are playing with three spinners.
Squad:
D Karunaratne, U Tharanga, BKG Mendis, D Chandimal, N Dickwella(wk), A Gunaratne, MDK Perera, R Herath (c), S Lakmal, L Kumara, L Sandakan.