Toss: Bangladesh win toss, elect to bat.
After several rounds of negotiations, Bangladesh cricket team agreed to tour Pakistan. The contest will begin with a three-match T20I series, the first of which will take place at Lahore on Friday. Pakistan will be entering the contest after series defeat against Australia, and have made a total of nine changes into the team.
Pakistan (Playing XI): Ahsan Ali, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Rizwan(w), Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Naim, Afif Hossain, Liton Das(w), Mahmudullah(c), Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Mithun, Aminul Islam, Shafiul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain