Bangladesh sent to bowl in first T20 against New Zealand

New Zealand skipper Tom Latham won the toss and sent Bangladesh to bowl in the first match of their five-match Twenty20 International series in Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday.

Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das returned for the Tigers while Soumya Sarkar and Shamim Hossain were left out.

Visiting New Zealand handed debut to Cole McConchie and Rachin Ravindra

Teams

Bangladesh

Mohammad Naim, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah (c), Nurul Hasan (wk), Afif Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Nasum Ahmed, and Mustafizur Rahman

New Zealand

Rachin Ravindra, Tom Blundell, Will Young, Colin de Grandhomme, Tom Latham (c & wk), Henry Nicholls, Cole McConchie, Doug Bracewell, Blair Tickner, Jacob Duffy, an Ajaz Patel