Bangladesh win toss, elected to field first against Scotland

CNI Desk: Bangladesh T20 skipper Mahmudullah won the toss and elected to field first against Scotland in the opening Group B match of the ICC T20 World Cup Qualifiers at Al Amerat Cricket Ground in Muskat, Oman on Sunday.

 

Bangladesh suffered defeats in both their practice games against Sri Lanka and Ireland respectively in the build-up of the tournament after their recent successes against Australia and New Zealand at home.

The Tigers previously faced Scotland only once in T20 format where they suffered a 34-run bashing at The Hague, Netherlands in 2012.

 

 

Scotland: 1 Kyle Coetzer (capt), 2 George Munsey, 3 Matthew Cross (wk), 4 Richie Berrington, 5 Calum Macleod, 6 Michael Leask, 7 Chris Greaves, 8 Mark Watt, 9 Josh Davey, 10 Safyaan Sharif, 11 Brad Wheal.

 

Bangladesh: 1 Liton Das, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Shakib Al Hasan, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim, 5 Mahmudullah, 6 Afif Hossain, 7 Nurul Hasan (wk), 8 Mahedi Hasan, 9 Mohammad Saifuddin, 10 Taskin Ahmed, 11 Mustafizur Rahman.