DHAKA, – Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan won the toss and decided to bat first against Bangladesh in their second match of the Tri- nation T20 series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

Both Afghanistan and Bangladesh won their first match against Zimbabwe and thereby would battle to take the top spot of the tournament.

Whoever wins the match would make them favourite to move into the final. Standing on that equation, both teams, however, fielded their unchanged
side from the first match.

While Bangladesh huffed and puffed their way to beat Zimbabwe by three wickets after the heroics of 19-year old Afif Hossain, Afghanistan
comfortably crushed the Southern African nations by 28 runs. Line Ups:

Bangladesh: Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Mushfiqur Rahim (wicket-keeper), Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Sabbir Rahman, Afif Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Taijul Islam and Mustafizur Rahman.

Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicket-keeper), Najeeb Tarakai, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan (captain), Karim Janat, Fareed Ahmed and Mujeeb Ur Rahman.