Zimbabwe's captain Sean Williams won the toss and elected to bowl first in the first of two Twenty20 internationals against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Monday.

Bangladesh won the preceding three-match one-day international series 3-0 and the one-off Test series by an innings and 106 runs.

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, Mahedi Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Soumya Sarkar, Afif Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Aminul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Shafiul Islam

Zimbabwe: Tinashe Kamunhukamwe, Craig Ervine, Brendan Taylor, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams, Wesley Madhevere, Richmond Mutumbami, Donald Tiripano, Tinotenda Mutombodzi, Chris Mpofu, Carl Mumba

Umpires: Sharfuddoula (BAN), Tanvir Ahmed (BAN)

TV Umpire: Gazi Sohel (BAN)

Match Referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ)