South Africa opt to bat in first Bangladesh Twenty20

South Africa captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to bat first in the first Twenty20 international of two-match series against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Sunday.

South Africa left out Chris Morris, Eddie Leie and Beuran Hendricks from their 14-man squad.

Rubel Hossain, Rony Talukdar and Jubair Hossain were the players omitted for Bangladesh.

The second and final Twenty20 international of the series will be held at the same ground on Tuesday.

Teams:

Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Litton Das, Sabbir Rahman, Sohag Gazi, Arafat Sunny.

South Africa: Faf du Plessis  (capt), JP Duminy, Quinton de Kock, Aaron Phangiso, Kagiso Rabada, AB de Villiers, Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Kyle Abbott, Wayne Parnell, David Wiese.  

Umpires: Enamul Haque (BAN) and Sharfoudoulla Saikat (BAN)

TV Umpire: Anisur Rahman (BAN)

Match Referee: David Boon (AUS)
Source: AFP