May 31 (CRICKETNMORE) - Bangladesh and Afghanistan will face off in the opening match of T20 series on Sunday at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun, India.
Bangladesh have played only one T20 International against Afghanistan. It was back in 2014 in a group stage match of ICC World T20 which Bangladesh won by 9 wickets.
The series consists of 3 T20I matches.
Squads: Afghanistan vs Bangladesh
Afghanistan: Asghar Stanikzai(c), Darwish Rasooli, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Shapoor Zadran, Aftab Alam, Mohammad Shahzad, Najeeb Tarakai, Usman Ghani, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shenwari, Shafiqullah Shafiq.
Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan(c) , Ariful Haque, Mehidy Hasan, Nazmul Islam, Abu Hider Rony, Rubel Hossain, Abu Jayed, Abul Hasan, Mahmudullah, Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Liton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain.
Sahir