DHAKA: Visiting Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bowl in the first One-Day International (ODI) at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in the city on Saturday.
The limited-overs day-night match began at 1:00am with openers Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das.
Kamrul Islam Rabbi has to wait for his international debut.
Regis Chakabva, Neville Madziva, Wellington Masakadza, Tendai Chisoro and John Nyumbu have been left out by Zimbabwe.
Teams
Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Liton Das, 3 Mahmudullah, 4 Shakib Al Hasan, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 6 Sabbir Rahman, 7 Nasir Hossain, 8 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 9 Arafat Sunny, 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Al-Amin Hossain
Zimbabwe: 1 Chamu Chibhabha, 2 Richmond Mutumbami (wk), 3 Craig Ervine, 4 Sean Williams, 5 Sikandar Raza, 6 Elton Chigumbura (capt), 7 Luke Jongwe, 8 Graeme Cremer, 9 Tinashe Panyangara, 10 Taurai Muzarabani, 11 Malcolm Waller
Umpires - Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Sharfuddoula
TV umpire - Enamul Haque
Match referee - J Srinath (India)
Reserve umpire - Anisur Rahman
BDST: 1304 HRS, NOV 07, 2015
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