Pakistan bat first against Bangladesh in second ODI

19 Apr, 2015

DHAKA: Pakistan captain Azhar Ali won the toss and chose to bat in the second one-day international against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka on Sunday.

Pakistan retained the same side that lost Friday's first one-dayer by 79 runs.

Bangladesh, looking to seal their first-ever series win over Pakistan, welcomed back skipper Mashrafe Mortaza, who missed the opener due to a one-match ban for his team's slow over-rates at the World Cup.

Mortaza, playing his 150th one-day international, replaced seamer Abul Hasan for the second of three ODIS.

Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Taskin Ahmed, Rubel Hossain.

Pakistan : Azhar Ali (capt), Sarfraz Ahmed, Mohammad Hafeez, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan, Haris Sohail, Saad Nasim, Saeed Ajmal, Wahab Riaz, Rahat Ali, Junaid Khan.

Umpires: Enamul Haque (BAN) and Nigel Llong (ENG)

TV umpire: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI)

Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2015

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