DHAKA: New Zealand decided to bowl first after winning the toss of first OID match against Bangladesh in Mirpur of the capital Tuesday.

The match will start at 1:30pm at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.

New Zealand will be out to take revenge for their 0-4 embarrassment in 2010.

Bangladesh, like they have been since the 4-0 win, will once again be out to prove that they are indeed making steady progress.

Their improvement is marked in the ODI format, more than in Tests or Twenty20s, but the visitors too have been in good form over the last 12 months.

New Zealand have won two of their last four bilateral series, against South Africa and England.

Shakib`s participation is uncertain after his fever worsened on Monday evening.

The team management will take a final call on till Tuesday morning. "Shakib is uncertain," BCB`s chief medical officer Debashish Chowdhury said. "He is carrying 103 degree fever and we are giving him medication to reduce the temperature.’

He added that the final decision to play will rest on Shakib. If he misses out, Naeem Islam could be drafted in. Mominul and Mushfiqur too were under the weather, and the captain along with Shakib, skipped training, reports cricinfo.com.

Bangladesh will play its second ODI at the same venue on October 31 while third ODI to be held at Fatullah Stadium on November 3.
 
Bangladesh squad

 Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque, Shamsur Rahman, Mominul Haque, Naeem Islam, Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain Ziaur Rahman, Sohag Gazi, Abdur Razzak, Mashrafe Mortaza, Al-Amin Hossain, Rubel Hossain.

New Zealand squad

Brendon McCullum (captain), Kane Williamson, Hamish Rutherford, Colin Munro, Ross Taylor, Anton Devcich, Grant Elliott, Tom Latham, Corey Anderson, Nathan McCullum, Adam Milne, James Neesham, Tim Southee, Mitchell McClenaghan, Kyle Mills.

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