Bangladesh won the toss in the second ODI against Afghanistan and opted to bat first in Sharjah on Saturday.
Bangladesh made two changes in their playing XI, which lost in the first match.
Jaker Ali, and Nasum Ahmed are in to replace Mushfiqur Rahim and Rishad Hossain. With this match, Jaker is making his ODI debut.
Afghanistan fielded an unchanged playing XI.
Afghanistan are leading the series 0-1, winning the first match by 92 runs after Bangladesh’s batting suffered a dramatic collapse.
Bangladesh XI: Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman
Afghanistan XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, AM Ghazanfar, Nangeyalia Kharote, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
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