Toss South Africa opt to bat v Bangladesh
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South Africa captain JP Duminy decided to bat first against Bangladesh in the first T20I in Bloemfontein. Duminy wanted to take full advantage of a pitch he describes as a “belter” and will not change much in the second innings.
The home side have handed a debut for Robbie Frylinck but isn’t fielding Mangaliso Mosehle, Tabraiz Shamsi or Dwain Pretorius.
Bangladesh have picked four fast bowlers and two specialist spinners, with Mehidy Hasan Miraz batting at No 7. Bangladesh are without Mominul Haque, Liton Das and Nasir Hossain.
South Africa: 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Hashim Amla, 3 AB de Villiers, 4 JP Duminy (capt), 5 Farhaan Behardien, 6 David Miller, 7 Andile Phehlukwayo, 8 Robbie Frylinck, 9 Dane Paterson, 10 Beuran Hendricks, 11 Aaron Phangiso
Bangladesh: 1 Imrul Kayes, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Sabbir Rahman, 4 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 5 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 6 Mahmudullah 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 8 Mohammad Saifuddin, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Shafiul Islam, 11 Rubel Hossain
Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo’s Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84
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Source: ESPN Crickinfo