Bangladesh captain Jaker Ali decided to bowl first after winning the toss against Afghanistan in the third T20I in Sharjah on Sunday. He had taken the same decision in the second T20I, which Bangladesh won by two wickets to clinch the three-match series with one game to play.
In the third T20I, Afghanistan handed a debut to 20-year-old left-arm quick Bashir Ahmad, who replaced left-arm wristspinner Noor Ahmad. Bashir has so far played 14 T20s, where he has 12 wickets at an average of 38.16.Bangladesh, meanwhile, rested Mustafizur Rahman, and in his place, brought Tanzim Hasan back. Tanzim had played the first match of the series, where he bagged 2 for 34.
Bangladesh: 1 Parvez Hossain Emon, 2 Tanzid Hasan, 3 Saif Hassan, 4 Nurul Hasan, 5 Jaker Ali (capt, wk), 6 Shamim Hossain, 7 Rishad Hossain, 8 Tanzim Hasan, 9 Mohammad Saifuddin, 10 Shoriful Islam, 11 Nasum Ahmed
Afghanistan: 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Ibrahim Zadran, 3 Sediqullah Atal, 4 Darwish Rasooli, 5 Wafiullah Tarakhil, 6 Azmatullah Omarzai, 7 Mohammad Nabi, 8 Rashid Khan (capt), 9 Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 10 Bashir Ahmad, 11 Abdullah Ahmadzai
