Tigers opt to field

Bangladesh won the toss and invited Sri Lanka to bat first in their first of the two-match Twenty20 series at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong Wednesday.
Wicketkeeper and batsman Mithun Ali and left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny are the two debutants in the hosts’ side while opener Tamim Iqbal recovered from a neck strain to play the match starting at 5pm.
Skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, all-rounders Farhad Reza and Rubel Hossain combines to set the hosts pace department.
Bangladesh: Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (captain), Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque (wk), Shamsur Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain, Mithun Ali, Farhad Reza, Shohag Gazi, Arafat Sunny, Rubel Hossain
Sri Lanka: Dinesh Chandimal (captain and wk), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kusal Perera, Kumar Sangakkara, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Sachithra Senanayake, Ajantha Mendis, Seekuge Prasanna, Lasith Malinga, according to a news agency.