DHAKA: Bangladesh are facing Pakistan bowlers in their first warm-up match of Cricket World Cup 2015 in Blacktown Olympic Park Oval in Sydney of Australia on Monday morning.

Bangladesh has scored 142 runs for two wickets in 35.0-over in the match which started at 9:30am (Bangladesh time).

Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah are at the crease with 63 and 62 runs respectively.

Pakistani bowlers Haris Sohail and Sohail Khan begged one wicket each.

Earlier, Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and elected to bat.

Even though Pakistan is tough rival, Bangladesh is capable of giving tough times and can make an upset even before the official World Cup starts only five days away.

Led by Mashrafe Mortaza, a veteran of 144 ODIs who has a wealth of experience spanning over 13 years in international cricket, Bangladesh also boasts of a very experienced think-tank in Shakib-al-Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamin Iqbal, all of whom have played well over a hundred ODIs.

Bangladesh is currently ranked No 9 in the Reliance ICC ODI Team rankings but they will be looking to go at least one place better and qualify for the quarter-final stages down under.

Presumably both of these teams will be less concerned about winning this final tune-up than they will be with avoiding injury and making sure they’ve solidified the best line-up possible for the coming tournament.

Squads:
Bangladesh: Masrafe Bin Mortaza (c), Shakib Al Hasan (vc), Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque Bijoy, Mominul Hoque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmud Ullah, Nasir Hossain, Shabbir Rahaman, Soumya Sarkar, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Al Amin Hossain, Taijul Islam, Arafat Sunny.

Pakistan: Ahmed Shehzad, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (c), Haris Sohail, Umar Akmal, Sohaib Maqsood, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shahid Afridi, Rahat Ali, Muhammad Irfan, Sohail Khan, Wahab Riaz, Ehsan Adil and Yasir Shah.

BDST: 1157 HRS, FEB 09, 2015

** Tigers batting against Pakistan