Bangladesh opt to bowl against Ireland

Bangladesh vs Ireland
Bangladesh opt to bowl against Ireland
Two captains with the T20I series trophy, BPL
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Bangladesh have won the toss and elected to bowl first in the first T20I against Ireland in Chattogram.

This series will be Bangladesh's final international assignment ahead of next year's T20 World Cup, unless the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) arranges additional fixtures.

Bangladesh comes into the series on the back of a dominant 2-0 Test series win over Ireland and will start as favorites in the T20 format as well.

Despite their recent 3-0 whitewash at the hands of the West Indies in their last T20 series at home, Bangladesh's track record against Ireland in this format is strong.

The two teams have met eight times in T20s, with Bangladesh winning five, losing two, and one match ending in a no result.

Bangladesh XI: Tanzid Hasan, Parvez Hossain, Saif Hassan, Litton Das (capt, wk), Towhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali, Tanzim Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam

Ireland XI: Paul Stirling (capt), Tim Tector, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Matthew Humphreys, Josh Little

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