Bangladesh batting in Tri-nation series opener

Sport Desk: Bangladesh is batting first against Ireland as the host won the toss and invited Tigers to bat first in the opener of Tri-nation series at Malahide in Dublin on Friday.

Though the match is scheduled to be started at 3:45pm (Bangladesh time) and 10:45am (local time), it begun around 4:06pm due to drizzling.

The ace all-rounder Shakib Al-Hasan is leading Tigers in the match as the captain Mashrafe Mortaza was banned for one ODI for slow over rate against Sri Lank.
 

Bangladesh team: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Mushfiqur Rahim†, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Nurul Hasan, Imrul Kayes, Subashis Roy, Sunzamul Islam, Mashrafe Mortaza*, Nasir Hossain

Ireland team: PR Stirling, WTS Porterfield*, NJ O'Brien†, A Balbirnie, GC Wilson, SR Thompson, KJ O'Brien, GH Dockrell, BJ McCarthy, TJ Murtagh, PKD Chase, Simi Singh, EC Joyce, CA Young

 

risingbd/Dhaka/May 12, 2017/A K Azad