Toss Bangladesh chose to bat against Afghanistan
Bangladesh won the toss in their must-win Group B clash against Afghanistan and opted to bat on a hot afternoon in Lahore.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz was slated to open for Bangladesh, the first time he was going to perform the role since the 2018 Asia Cup final.
Afghanistan also made three changes to their XI from the last time they played an ODI, with batters Rahmat Shah and Najibullah Zadran and allrounder Karim Janat replacing Riaz Hassan, Shahidullah and Fareed Ahmad.
Bangladesh: 1 Mohammad Naim, 2 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 5 Towhid Hridoy, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 7 Shamim Hossain, 8 Afif Hossain, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Shoriful Islam, 11 Hasan Mahmud
Afghanistan XI: 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Ibrahim Zadran, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), 5 Najibullah Zadran, 6 Mohammad Nabi, 7 Karim Janat, 8 Gulbadin Naib, 9 Rashid Khan, 10 Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 11 Fazalhaq Farooqi