Bangladesh bowl against Ireland with three changes

Bangladesh were asked to bowl again by Ireland captain Paul Stirling in the third and decisive match of the three-match T20I series in Chattogram on Tuesday.

This is the first day-game of the series, with the two previous night outings won shared by the two sides. This will also be Bangladesh's last T20I match ahead of the T20 World Cup in February-March in India and Sri Lanka.  

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A decider with World Cup in sight

Bangladesh made three changes to their Playing XI. Leg-spinner Rishad Hossain replaced left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed; left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam replaced right-arm pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib while middle-order batter Shamim Patwary came in for wicketkeeper-batter Nurul Hasan Sohan. 

Ireland: 1 Paul Stirling (capt), 2 Tim Tector, 3 Harry Tector, 4 Lorcan Tucker (wk), 5 Curtis Campher, 6 George Dockrell, 7 Gareth Delany, 8 Mark Adair, 9 Craig Young, 10 Matthew Humphreys, 11 Ben White

Bangladesh: 1 Tanzid Hasan, 2 Parvez Hossain Emon, 3 Saif Hassan, 4 Litton Das (capt & wk), 5 Towhid Hridoy, 6 Shamim Hossain, 7 Mahedi Hasan, 8 Rishad Hossain, 9 Mohammad Saifuddin, 10 Shoriful Islam, 11 Mustafizur Rahman