Asia Cup: Bangladesh put Afghanistan in to bat

Bangladesh:  Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and put Afghanistan into bat in the fifth match of the Asia Cup at Fatullah on Saturday. Bangladesh, who lost their opening match to India by six wickets, brought in spinner Arafat Sunny for injured paceman Mashrafe Mortaza who was ruled out of the tournament.

Afghanistan also made two changes, bringing in Karim Sadiq and Hamid Hassan for injured Noor Ali Zadran and Dawlat Zadran. Defending champions Pakistan and five-times former title holders India have won one match out of their two in the tournament. Sri Lanka have won both their matches.

Teams:
Bangladesh: Mushfiqur Rahim (capt), Anamul Haque, Shamsur Rahman, Naeem Islam, Mominul Haque, Nasir Hossain, Ziaur Rahman, Abdur Razzak, Sohag Gazi, Arafat Sunny, Rubel Hossain.

Afghanistan: Mohammad Nabi(capt), Mohammad Shahzad, Karim Sadiq, Nawroz Mangal, Asghar Stanikzai, Mirwais Ashraf, Samiullah Shinwari, Hamid Hassan, Shapoor Zadran, Amir Hamza, Najibullah Zadran.