South Africa have win the toss and elected to bat first in the second test against Bangladesh at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram on Tuesday.
Winning the toss South African captain Markram said, “We are going to bat first. It's a good wicket, hopefully it turns at some stage. Need a big score. For us it's the top six. Our top six batters need to get big runs. Hopefully we pile up a lot of runs. It's exciting. Five days of Test cricket is a long way. We got a couple of changes.”
Bangladesh captain Shanto said, “Would have batted first as well. It doesn't matter, looks a pretty good wicket. The boys have done a great job in the practice sessions. Batting top of the order is very important. We need to make big runs for the team. We have three changes”
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Shadman Islam, Mominul Haque, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahidul Islam Ankon(w), Zakir Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana.
South Africa (Playing XI): Aiden Markram(c), Tony de Zorzi, Tristan Stubbs, David Bedingham, Ryan Rickelton, Kyle Verreynne(w), Senuran Muthusamy, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Dane Paterson.
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