Harare: Bangladesh have won the toss and elected to field in first Test of two Test match series against Zimbabwe at Harare on Wednesday.
Tamim Iqbal isn't in the starting XI for Bangladesh. He's still recovering from the thumb fracture he picked up in Sri Lanka. Mominul Haque, Shahadat Hossain and Sajidul Islam also miss out.
Bangaldesh and Zimbabwe are the bottom ranked teams in the ICC points table. Zimbabwe are back from a disastrous tour of West Indies, where they were outclassed convincingly. Bangladesh start as favorites as they did exceedingly well against Sri Lanka recently.
Timycen Maruma and Richmond Mutumbami debuts for Zimbabwe.
Teams
Zimbabwe: Timycen Maruma, Vusi Sibanda, Hamilton Masakadza, Brendan Taylor (captain), Malcolm Waller, Richmond Mutumbami (wk), Elton Chigumbura, Graeme Cremer, Keegan Meth, Shingirai Masakadza, Kyle Jarvis
Bangladesh: Shahriar Nafees, Jahurul Islam, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Ramim (captain & wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Sohag Gazi, Enamul Haque, Rubel Hossain, Robiul Islam.