Tigers face Pakistan in opener today

Bangladesh will take on Pakistan in their opening match of the Tri-nation series at Hagley Oval in Christchurch, New Zealand today (Friday), reports BSS.
The match will start at 8am (Bangladesh Time).
Vice-captain Nurul Hasan Sohan said, "I think we should not worry about the result, rather we should follow the process."
"If we work honestly and play as a team and put the team first, it will be beneficial for us. We need to play without focusing on individual performances and we should play our roles according to the situation. All eleven players will not perform on the same day. We are focusing on the aspects."
Since Bangladesh have been in losing streak in this format, the team management thought the 2-0 result will boost their confidence in the Tri-nation series, which is seen as the preparation platform for the upcoming T20 World.
Bangladesh so far played 15 matches against Pakistan, winning just two and losing 13 matches. Pakistan, the runners-up of the Asia Cup, whitewashed the Tigers 3-0 in T20Is in Mirpur last year, and going by the current state of the two teams, they remain clear favourite. But Sohan said they want to take positives from this series heading to the T20 World Cup.
"We will be playing a few matches in these conditions before going to Australia and that too against teams like New Zealand and Pakistan, which is really good for us. Because this will certainly be a boost in the World Cup," Sohan said.
"If we can take positives from this series in the World Cup, we can expect something good."
Overall Bangladesh played 135 T20 Internationals. They won 47 matches and lost 85 matches. Three other matches ended in no result.
Squads: Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Nurul Hasan (vc, wk), Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Yasir Ali, Liton Das (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Afif Hossain, Ebadot Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Sabbir Rahman, Mohammad Saifuddin, Najmul Hossain Shanto.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vc), Shaheen Afridi, Iftikhar Ahmed, Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Mohammad Hasnain, Shan Masood, Mohammad Nawaz, Usman Qadir, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Khushdil Shah, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Wasim.