Bangladesh choose to bowl first in series decider

Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza. FIle Photo
Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza. FIle Photo

Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza have won the toss and opted to bowl first in the third and final one day international match against the visiting West Indies at Sylhet Stadium on Friday.

The hosts have made two changes in the series decider. Mohammad Mithun comes in for Imrul Kayes while Mohammad Saifuddin replaces Rubel Hossain.

The Tigers took the lead winning the first ODI by five wickets in Mirpur while West Indies came back strongly winning the second match by four wickets at the same venue.

Teams:

Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Liton Das, 3 Soumya Sarkar, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Shakib Al Hasan, 6 Mohammad Mithun, 7 Mahmudullah, 8 Mohammad Saifuddin, 9 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 10 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 11 Mustafizur Rahman

West Indies: 1 Chandrapaul Hemraj, 2 Shai Hope (wk), 3 Darren Bravo, 4 Marlon Samuels, 5 Shimron Hetmyer, 6 Rovman Powell (capt), 7 Roston Chase, 8 Fabian Allen, 9 Keemo Paul, 10 Devendra Bishoo, 11 Kemar Roach