Bangladesh opt to bowl in second Zimbabwe T20

Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah Riyad won the toss and elected to bowl Wednesday in the second Twenty20 international against Zimbabwe at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka.

Bangladesh lead the two-match series 1-0 after winning the Monday’s first match by 48 runs. Bangladesh handed pacer Hasan Mahmud a Twenty20 debut and picked Mohammad Naim and Al-Amin Hossain for Tamim Iqbal, Shafiul Islam and Aminul Islam in their three changes from the opening win.

Zimbabwe handed a Twenty20 cap to Charlton Tshuma for Donald Tiripano in their only change. Bangladesh won the preceding one-day international series 3-0 and one-off Test by an innings and 106 runs.

Bangladesh: Liton Das, Mohammad Naim, Mahedi Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad (Capt), Soumya Sarkar, Afif Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Al-Amin Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud.

Zimbabwe: Tinashe Kamunhukamwe, Craig Ervine, Brendan Taylor, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams (Capt), Wesley Madhevere, Richmond Mutumbami, Tinotenda Mutombodzi, Chris Mpofu, Carl Mumba, Charlton Tshuma

Umpires: Gazi Sohel (BAN), Masudur Rahman (BAN)

TV Umpires: Tanvir Ahmed (BAN)

Match Referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ).