Bangladesh wins toss, opts to bowl first in 2nd T20 vs Afghanistan

SYLHET, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and sent Afghanistan in to bat first Sunday in their second and final T20 international.

The hosts led the series 1-0 following their two-wicket win the first match, overcoming a dramatic last-over hat-trick by Karim Janat.

Aiming to win their maiden T20 series victory against Afghanistan, Bangladesh made two changes with batter Afif Hossain and pace bowler Hasan Mahmud replacing Rony Talukdar and Shoriful Islam.

Sri Lanka has staged a fightback after being reduced to 54-4 in the first session and reached 242-6 at stumps on day one of the first test against Pakistan at the Galle International Stadium.

Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey has warned England he will repeat his controversial stumping of Jonny Bairstow if another chance arises in the rest of the Ashes series.

Sri Lanka was in contention for the World Test Championship final until March. That prospect has whetted its appetite to get there in the new cycle.

Ravichandran Ashwin has feasted on West Indies wickets on a generous turning pitch and propelled India to victory by an innings and 141 runs inside three days of the first test in Dominica.

Afghanistan made one change, bringing in pacer Wafadar Momand in place of Farid Ahmad.

Afghanistan lost a one-off test between the sides by a record 546-run margin, before winning the three-match ODI series 2-1.

Lineups:

Bangladesh: Liton Das, Afif Hossain, Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Towhid Hridoy, Najmul Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Mehidy Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Nasum Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman

Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan (captain), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Wafadar Momand, Fazalhaq Farooqi

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