Tiger captain Shakib Al Hasan has won the toss and decided to bat at the beginning of the third and last T20 match of the three-match series in Chittagong. As a result, the Tigers will come down to bat in no time.
There are two changes in the Bangladesh team today. Leg-spinner Rishad Hossain is going to debut. He will play instead of Nasum Ahmed. And Shariful Islam came in place of Mustafizur. There have also been two changes to the Ireland team.
Hathurusingha’s disciples beat Ireland by 2-0 in the ODI series. The winning streak continues in the T20 series as well. The first match of the series was won by rain by 22 runs. And won the second match by a huge margin of 77 runs. That’s why the series in the first part is confirmed for the Tigers. If the trend of performance continues, Bangladesh will set a precedent of whitewashing the opponent in two consecutive series.
Bangladesh XI:
Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Liton Das, Rony Talukder, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Tawhid Hriday, Shariful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed, Shariful Islam, Rishad Hossain, Shamim Patwari and Nasum Ahmed.
Ireland XI:
Paul Stirling (captain), Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Kurtis Kampfer, Gareth Delaney, George Dockrell, Fionn Hand, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White and Matthew Humphreys.
(30th March/MM)