Toss Bangladesh chose to bat vs Sri Lanka

Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat first in their opening match of the T20 World Cup, in Cape Town.

Bangladesh made substantial changes to the XI that lost in Queenstown to New Zealand, in December. Captain Nigar Sultana was relieved of the gloves, however, with Shamima Sultana keeping wickets on this occasion. This was Bangladesh's first official match in this tournament.

Sri Lanka, meanwhile, made no changes to the XI that defeated South Africa on Friday. If they win here, they take a significant step towards qualifying to the semi-final in this tournament.

Bangladesh: 1 Murshida Khatun, 2 Shamima Sultana (wk), 3 Sobhana Mostary, 4 Nigar Sultana Joty (capt.), 5 Shorna Akter, 6 Ritu Moni, 7 Lata Mondoi, 8 Nahida Akter, 9 Marufa Akter, 10 Salma Khatun, 11 Jahanara Alam.

Sri Lanka: 1 Harshitha Samarawickrama, 2 Chamari Athapaththu (capt.), 3 Vishmi Gunarathne, 4 Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), 5 Nilakshi Silva, 6 Kaveesha Dilhari, 7 Oshadhi Ranasinghe, 8 Ama Kanchana, 9 Sugandika Kumari, 10 Inoka Ranaweera, 11 Achini Kulasooriya.