Bangladesh opt to bowl in second T20I, and play Shoriful and Saifuddin

Toss Bangladesh opt to bowl vs Afghanistan

Bangladesh captain Jaker Ali decided to bowl first after winning the toss against Afghanistan in the second T20I in Sharjah on Friday.

Bangladesh made two changes, as they included Mohammad Saifuddin and Shoriful Islam, and chose to rest Taskin Ahmed and Tanzim Hasan.

Afghanistan, meanwhile, made three changes for what is a must-win match for them, dropping Mohammad Ishaq, Sharafuddin Ashraf and Fareed Ahmad, and instead bringing in the debutant batter Wafiullah Tarakhil, and Abdollah Ahmadzai and Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

Bangladesh took a 1-0 lead in the series just a day back, when they won the first game by four wickets. The second game will be held on the same pitch.

Afghanistan: 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Ibrahim Zadran, 3 Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, 5 Azmatullah Omarzai, 6 Mohammad Nabi, 7 Rashid Khan (capt), 8 Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 9 Noor Ahmad, 10 Fareed Ahmed, 11 Abdullah Ahmadzai

Bangladesh: 1 Saif Hassan, 2 Tanzid Hasan, 3 Parvez Hossain Emon, 4 Nurul Hasan, 5 Jaker Ali (capt, wk), 6 Shamim Hossain, 7 Rishad Hossain, 8 Mohammad Saifuddin, 9 Shoriful Islam, 10 Nasum Ahmed, 11 Mustafizur Rahman