Dhaka opt to bat, pick Amir for Afridi

Dhaka Dynamites chose to bat v Comilla Victorians

Dhaka Dynamites captain Shakib Al Hasan decided to bat against Comilla Victorians in Mirpur. This was the first time Dhaka decided to bat in this year’s BPL.

The match was billed to be a spin battle but legspinners Shahid Afridi and Rashid Khan were dropped by Dhaka and Comilla respectively.

Dhaka replaced Afridi with Mohammad Amir and included Mehedi Maruf in place of Nadif Chowdhury. Comilla, on the other hand, picked Darren Bravo in place of Rashid.

Dhaka Dynamites 1 Evin Lewis, 2 Mehedi Maruf, 3 Jahurul Islam, 4 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 5 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 6 Kieron Pollard, 7 Sunil Narine, 8 Mosaddek Hossain, 9 Mohammad Amir, 10 Abu Hider, 11 Mohammad Saddam

Comilla Victorians 1 Tamim Iqbal (capt), 2 Liton Das (wk), 3 Imrul Kayes, 4 Darren Bravo, 5 Jos Buttler, 6 Marlon Samuels, 7 Shoaib Malik, 8 Mahedi Hasan, 9 Mohammad Saifuddin, 10 Hasan Ali, 11 Al-Amin Hossain

Source: ESPN Crickinfo