Shoriful Islam to Kamindu Mendis, no run, almost a return catch! Pitched up ball on leg-stump, Kamindu Mendis is early into the flick

Kamindu Mendis, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Shoriful Islam to Avishka Fernando, out Caught by Litton Das!! Avishka Fernando c Litton Das b Shoriful Islam 4(2) [4s-1]

Shoriful Islam to Avishka Fernando, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Shoriful Islam to Avishka Fernando, FOUR, goes through the vacant slip region! Pitched up outside off, Avishka Fernando goes for a booming drive but gets a thick outside edge past the keeper.

Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis are at the crease. Avishka Fernando is on strike. Shoriful Islam will open the attack

The players and the umpires make their way out to the middle.

Charith Asalanka: 170-plus is what we will be targeting. To be honest, we are focusing on this tournament. We would be focusing on playing well before the world cup.

Najmul Hossain Shanto: I like to bowl first, especially with a lot of dew coming, that’s why. We have very good players, we are playing with two spinners and three seamers.

Pitch Report | Russel Arnold: 8 out of the 10 T20Is that have been played here have been won by the chasing team. Talking about the dimensions, it’s 60m on one side and 65m on the other side. There’s a nice grass covering, there will be some seam movement and bounce on offer for the pacers, the spinners are going to struggle today. If you bat first, you got to target 180-190 here.

Teams:

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Soumya Sarkar, Litton Das(w), Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis(w), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Kamindu Mendis, Charith Asalanka(c), Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Maheesh Theekshana, Akila Dananjaya, Binura Fernando, Matheesha Pathirana

Bangladesh have won the toss and have opted to field

17:00 Local Time, 11:00 GMT, 16:30 IST: T20 is the flavour of the season and we will see a lot of it in the next few months because of the World Cup scheduled in June this year. These two teams - Bangladesh and Sri Lanka - have players already in T20 mode. Bangladesh players are coming into this 3-match series on the back of BPL while Sri Lanka recently beat Afghanistan in this format. The home side has a new look to it with the experienced trio of Tamim, Shakib and Rahim not available for various reasons. Najmul Shanto will lead this rather young side as they start their preparation for the main event. Sri Lanka too have a change in captaincy for the first two games, regular skipper Wanindu Hasaranga is suspended for the first two games and Charith Asalanka will lead the side in his absence. The Lankans played some exciting cricket against Afghanistan and would look to carry that into these three games. The toss and teams coming up..

Squads:

Bangladesh Squad: Soumya Sarkar, Litton Das(w), Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Mohammad Naim, Anamul Haque, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Rishad Hossain, Jaker Ali, Taijul Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib

Sri Lanka Squad: Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis(w), Niroshan Dickwella, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka(c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Maheesh Theekshana, Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka, Jeffrey Vandersay, Dasun Shanaka, Akila Dananjaya, Binura Fernando, Kamindu Mendis