C T Online Desk: Sri Lanka have won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against Bangladesh at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Sunday.
Ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan who recovered from Covid-19 freshly has been included in the playing XI for Bangladesh.
Pacer Ebadot Hossain has been omitted while Khaled Ahmed has been added and spinner Nayeem Hasan returned after over a year of gap for Tigers.
There were no surprises in the Sri Lanka team.
A minute silence has been observed in the memory of Andrew Symonds who passed away in the morning from a car accident prior to the match.
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mominul Haque (capt), Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Nayeem Hasan, Taijul Islam, Shoriful Islam, Khaled Ahmed.
Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), Oshada Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dinesh Chandimal, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Ramesh Mendis, Lasith Embuldeniya, Asitha Fernando, Vishwa Fernando
