Bangladesh solid on Tamim, Imrul

Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes have given Bangladesh a solid start after Bangladesh lost a wicket early in the first ODI against Afghanistan.

Tamim Iqbal (39) and Imrul Kayes (34) are batting with hints of swing on the track of Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka’s Mirpur on Sunday.

Winning the toss, the Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza decided to bat first against the visiting team.

Both teams made several changes from their teams for their previous ODIs, with Afghanistan right-arm fast bowler Naveen-ul-Haq making his debut.

For Bangladesh, Taskin Ahmed returns for his first international match since his suspension for an illegal bowling action in March.

This is Bangladesh's first ODI in more than 10 months, and they have made four changes from the XI that played against Zimbabwe in November 2015.

Liton Das, Arafat Sunny, Mustafizur Rahman and Al-Amin Hossain are out, while Taskin, Soumya Sarkar, Taijul Islam and Rubel Hossain were brought in.

Afghanistan have made three changes since their last ODI: Javed Ahmadi, Gulbadin Nabi and Yamin Ahmadzai have made way for Naveen, Shabir Noor and Hashmatullah Shahidi.

Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Imrul Kayes, 4 Mahmudullah, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 6 Shakib Al Hasan, 7 Sabbir Rahman, 8 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 9 Taijul Islam, 10 Rubel Hossain, 11 Taskin Ahmed

Afghanistan: 1 Mohammad Shahzad (wk), 2 Shabir Noor, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi, 5 Asghar Stanikzai (capt), 6 Mohammad Nabi, 7 Najibullah Zadran, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Mirwais Ashraf, 10 Dawlat Zadran, 11 Naveen-ul-Haq
With inputs from ESPNcricinfo