Teams:

Ireland (Playing XI): Paul Stirling(c), Andrew Balbirnie, Curtis Campher, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker(w), Neil Rock, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little, Benjamin White

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Ishaq(w), Rashid Khan(c), Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, Nangeyalia kharote, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Paul Stirling: Looking forward to get out there and get a score on the board. Josh (Little) is back, a few changes in the middle-order (batting.) That's pretty much about it, we go in with two spinners.

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Ishaq(w), Rashid Khan(c), Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, Nangeyalia kharote, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Rashid Khan: We would like to bowl first. No specific reason, we can expect some dew later. Tough four months, but happy to be back on the field. Body is perfect and fine. Winning the ODIs has given us the momentum. We have a couple of debutants, a few new faces in the team.

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Ishaq Rahimi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan(c), Nangyal Kharoti, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai

Afghanistan have won the toss and have opted to field

19:00 Local Time, 15:00 GMT, 20:30 IST: After losing the only Test against Ireland, Afghanistan bounced back in an emphatic manner to clinch the ODI series by a 2-0 margin. It’s now time to move over to the T20Is. Hello and welcome to our coverage of the first game of the 3-match T20I series folks! Rashid Khan is back to lead Afghanistan and this further boosts their bowling attack. Ireland have blown hot and cold, but they need to step up as a unit in order to put up a brave fight in the shortest format. Their batters need to start scoring runs in order to challenge this Afghanistan side. Will we get to see an exciting contest today? Only time has all the answers. For now, stay around for the toss and teams..

Squads:

Ireland Squad: Andrew Balbirnie, Paul Stirling(c), Curtis Campher, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker(w), George Dockrell, Mark Adair, Andy McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Graham Hume, Joshua Little, Neil Rock, Gareth Delany, Ross Adair, Craig Young

Afghanistan Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Wafadar Momand, Sediqullah Atal, Rashid Khan(c), Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, Ishaq Rahimi, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad, Nangyal Kharoti