Some issue with Gurbaz. The physio is out there checking on him. Did he pull something while running? The left thigh is being strapped.

Shoriful Islam to Gurbaz, FOUR, 133.5ks angled across and Gurbaz has the width to free his hands, he does not time the square drive but the outfield aids him to collect his first boundary

Shoriful Islam to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, 134.8ks good length ball on off, Atal knocks it in front of mid-on and gets off the mark

Two slips for Atal

Shoriful Islam to Gurbaz, 1 run, 132.6ks full pitcher with a bit of inward movement, Gurbaz pushes it off the inner half to mid-on and opens his account

Shoriful Islam to Gurbaz, no run

Shoriful Islam to Gurbaz, no run

"It is a typical 1980s-1990s Sharjah pitch. It is dark in color, has that sheen and the ball won't bounce much. Just hit through the line," says Rameez Raja.

Shoriful Islam to Gurbaz, no run, fullish delivery around off, Gurbaz prods forward and blocks it to the off-side

Gurbaz and Sediqullah Atal are at the crease. Gurbaz is on strike. Shoriful Islam will open the attack

The national anthems of the two teams are done. Afghanistan have a debutant - Sediqullah Atal - and he's walking out to the middle with Gurbaz. Bangladesh have a quick huddle before taking the field.

Teams:

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Allah Ghazanfar, Nangeyalia Kharote, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Towhid Hridoy, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tanzid Hasan, Zakir Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Towhid Hridoy, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam

Afghanistan have won the toss and have opted to bat

13:00 Local Time, 09:00 GMT, 14:30 IST: The build up to next year's Champions Trophy has begun. Teams are back playing ODIs and today we have the two Asian teams - Afghanistan and Bangladesh - taking on each other. It is a 3-match series with Sharjah, one of Afghanistan's adopted home venues, hosting the games. Bangladesh are playing their first ODI since March of this year. They're coming into this series having lost the home Tests to South Africa and with plenty of off-field issues. Shanto has given up his Test and T20 captaincy but continues to lead the ODI side. There's also the issue of Nasum Ahmed and Nahid Rana not receiving their UAE visa in time and being unavailable for the first game. They would do well to put everything behind them and compete against an in-form Afghanistan side. Hashmatullah Shahidi's side are flying high having recently won an ODI series against South Africa for the first time and that too at this very venue. The odds are with Afghanistan to win the series. But can Bangladesh change that? They have won their last three encounters against Afghanistan. It will be an exciting series as both teams are familiar with the conditions. Toss and teams coming up.. Stay tuned

Squads:

Bangladesh Squad: Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Towhid Hridoy, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Zakir Hasan, Jaker Ali, Nasum Ahmed, Nahid Rana,

Afghanistan Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangeyalia Kharote, Allah Ghazanfar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Ikram Alikhil, Darwish Rasooli, Sediqullah Atal, Noor Ahmad, Abdul Malik, Bilal Sami, Naveed Zadran