Bangladesh Bat First, Yasir Makes Debut

Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque has won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan in the first Test of the two-match series at Chattogram on Friday, reports media.

Yasir Ali Rabbi finally gets a chance to play for Bangladesh as he has made his Test debut as the 98th cricketer in this format. 

Saif Hasan, who had a horrible Twenty20 series against Pakistan is also picked for the Test side which left Mahmudul Hasan out of the playing XI.

Pakistan has dropped Imam-ul-Huq from the list of 12 men, announced on Thursday.

Bangladesh XI: Mominul Haque (Capt), Shadman Islam, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Kumar Das, Mehedy Hasan Miraz, Yasir Ali Chowdhury (debut), Taijul Islam, Abu Jayed Rahi, Ebadot Hossain, Saif Hasan.

Pakistan XI: Babar Azam (Capt), Abid Ali, Abdullah Shafiq (debut), Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan, Faheem Ashraf, Nauman Ali, Hassan Ali, Sajid Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi.