DHAKA: Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and elected to bat in the third one-day international against Afghanistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday.
The series is currently locked at 1-1 after Bangladesh won the first match by seven runs before Afghanistan avenged the defeat with a two-wicket win in the second match.
Bangladesh made two changes from the second match, bringing in Mosharraf Hossain and Shafiul Islam for Taijul Islam and Rubel Hossain respectively.
Afghanistan bolstered their spin attack by including Samiullah Shinwari for Naveen-ul-Haq.
Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mosaddek Hossain, Mosharraf Hossain, Shafiul Islam and Taskin Ahmed.
Afghanistan: Mohammad Shahzad, Nawroz Mangal, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Stanikzai (c), Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mirwais Ashraf, Dawlat Zadran and Samiullah Shenwari.
Right-arm pacer has been out of action for months owing to his elbow injury and subsequent surgery last year
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