Online Desk: Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has won the toss and elected to bowl first against England in the first match of the three-match T20I series at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today. The two sides will lock horns in the shortest format after the ODI series went 2-1 in England’s favour after the visitors were denied a clean series sweep by a spirited all-round show by Shakib in the final ODI in Chattagram.

Reigning T20 champions England will feature in a T20I match for the first time since winning the World Cup in Australia last year and will also play the Tigers in a bilateral series for the first time.

The Tigers, beginning their second journey under head coach Chandika Hathurusingha, have fielded a debutant in Towhid Hridoy in their playing eleven, rewarding the top-order batter for his performance in the recently concluded Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

Teams:

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Rony Talukdar, Litton Das(w), Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan(c), Shamim Hossain, Afif Hossain, Towhid Hridoy, Taskin Ahmed, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud

England (Playing XI): Jos Buttler(w/c), Philip Salt, Dawid Malan, Ben Duckett, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood