Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and elected to bat first against Afghanistan in their opening match of the cricket World Cup at the Manuka Oval, here today.
The Teams:
Bangladesh: Anamul Haque, Tamim Iqbal, Mominul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Soumya Sarkar, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed
Afghanistan: Afsar Zazai (wk), Javed Ahmadi, Nawroz Mangal, Asghar Stanikzai, Samiullah Shenwari, Mohammad Nabi (capt), Najibullah Zadran, Mirwais Ashraf, Aftab Alam, Shapoor Zadran, Hamid Hassan. PTI FK FK 02180907
(Published 18 February 2015, 03:48 IST)