England have won the toss and asked Bangladesh to bat first in the opening match of the Champions Trophy. Playing with three pacers and as many spinning allrounders, Bangladesh brought in Imrul Kayes while leaving out Mehedi Hasan Miraz for the Group A game at The Oval on Thursday. Hosts England selected seamer Jake Ball ahead of legspinner Adil Rashid. Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman (wk), Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (Cpt), Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain. England: Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (Cpt), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Liam Plunkett, Mark Wood, Jake Ball.

Source: bd News24 June 01, 2017 09:45 UTC