Bangladesh win toss, put Sri Lanka into bat in first T20

CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and decided to field first against Sri Lanka in the first Twenty20 International here at the Zahur Ahmed Choudhury Stadium on Wednesday.

Earlier, Sri Lanka won the two-match Test series 1-0 against hosts Bangladesh.

Both the teams will be treating this two-match series as a dress rehearsal for the upcoming ICC World T20 World Cup in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh have two debutants in their eleven. They are left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny and wicketkeeper-batsman Mithun Ali.

Teams:
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque, Shamsur Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain, Mithun Ali (wk), Farhad Reza, Sohag Gazi, Arafat Sunny, Mashrafe Mortaza (captain), Rubel Hossain.

Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kusal Perera, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Dinesh Chandimal (captain), Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Sachitra Senanayake, Ajantha Mendis, Seekkuga Prasanna, Lasith Malinga.