Pakistan choose to bat first

Bangladesh skipper Mominul Haque (R) and Pakistan skipper Babar Azam (C) during the toss in the second Test at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on 4 December 2021Shamsul Haque

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bat first in the second Test against hosts Bangladesh at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka, on Saturday.

Bangladesh have made three changes in the team that played the first Test. Yasir Ali, Saif Hassan and Abu Jayed were replaced by ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, Khaled Ahmed and the debutant right hand opening batsman Mahmudul Hasan Joy.

The visitors are leading the two-match Test series winning the first match by 8 wickets.

Teams

Mahmudul Hasan Joy gets his Test cap from Shakib Al Hasan before the second Test at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on 4 December 2021
Shamsul Haque

Bangladesh: 1 Shadman Islam, 2 Mahmudul Hasan Joy, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Mominul Haque (capt), 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Mushfiqur Rahim, 7 Liton Das (wk), 8 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 9 Taijul Islam, 10 Khaled Hossain, 11 Ebadot Hossain

Pakistan: 1 Abid Ali, 2 Abdullah Shafique, 3 Azhar Ali, 4 Babar Azam (capt), 5 Fawad Alam, 6 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 7 Faheem Ashraf, 8 Hasan Ali, 9 Sajid Khan, 10 Nauman Ali, 11 Shaheen Shah Afridi