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Pakistan bat first in T20 v Bangladesh

Pakistan have elected to bat first against Bangladesh in their one-off Twenty20 match.

Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi won the toss and elected to bat first against Bangladesh in Friday's one-off Twenty20 match.

Uncapped left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman and pace bowling allrounder Soumya Sarkar will make their T20 debuts for Bangladesh.

Mustafizur replaced Rubel Hossain, who was rested ahead of the Test series.

Pakistan made wholesale changes, and gave debuts to Mohammad Rizwan and Mukhtar Ahmed.

Pakistan have not lost to Bangladesh in seven T20 games.

This is Bangladesh's first T20 since last year's T20 World Cup.

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Mashraf Bin Mortaza, Taskin Ahmed, Arafat Sunny, Mustafizur Rahman.

Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shahid Afridi, Mukhtar Ahmed, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal.


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