Taskin out as Bangladesh bat first against Sri Lanka
Bangladesh skipper Litton Das confirmed one change from the previous match, with left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam coming in for Taskin Ahmed.
Sri Lanka captain won the toss and chose to field first in their opening Asia Cup match against Bangladesh at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Bangladesh skipper Litton Das confirmed one change from the previous match, with left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam coming in for Taskin Ahmed, who picked up two wickets but was expensive against Hong Kong.
Bangladesh will now look to build on the confidence of their recent T20 series win over Sri Lanka on Lankan soil just two months ago, while Sri Lanka begin their campaign today.
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Bangladesh XI:
1 Pervez Hossain Emon, 2 Tanzid Hasan, 3 Litton Das (capt & wk), 4 Towhid Hridoy, 5 Jaker Ali, 6 Shamim Hossain, 7 Mahedi Hasan, 8 Rishad Hossain, 9 Tanzim Hasan Sakib, 10 Shoriful Islam, 11 Mustafizur Rahman.
