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
Bangladesh win toss, bat first in 1st T20 against Pakistan
Bangladesh have won the toss and opted to bat first in the opening match of T20 series against Pakistan in Lahore.
Published : 24 Jan 2020, 08:46 AM
Updated : 24 Jan 2020, 08:46 AM
Captain Mahmudullah is hoping to lead his side to a series win away to a strong Pakistan outfit in the shortest format of the game.
But a few key players are missing for the visitors who finally agreed to tour Pakistan in three phases after several rounds of talks due to security concerns.
Teams:
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Naim, Afif Hossain, Liton Das(w), Mahmudullah(c), Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Mithun, Aminul Islam, Shafiul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain
Pakistan (Playing XI): Ahsan Ali, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Rizwan(w), Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain
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