Bangladesh are playing their second warm-up match after defeating Canada on Saturday. —AFP Photo
Bangladesh are playing their second warm-up match after defeating Canada on Saturday. —AFP Photo

DHAKA: Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat in their pre-World Cup warm-up match against Bangladesh on Tuesday at the Shere Bangla National Stadium.

Pakistan are playing their first warm-up match, while their second is scheduled against England on Friday. The 1992 champions open their campaign against Kenya in Sri Lanka on February 23.

The game is co-hosts Bangladesh’s final practice before their World Cup opener on February 19 in Dhaka against hot favourites India.

Each team named 15 players, but with only 11 entitled to bat or field, enabling them to maximize practice opportunities.

Bangladesh’s batting lin-eup was unchanged from the XI that trounced Canada last week.

Line-ups

Pakistan: (from) Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi (captain), Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Shoaib Akhtar, Saeed Ajmal, Muhammad Junaid Khan, Asad Shafiq.

Bangladesh: (from) Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hassan (captain), Mohammad Ashraful, Mahmudullah, Naeem Islam, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Nazmul Hossain, Roqibul Hassan, Shahriar Nafees, Md Sohrawardi

Umpires: Steve Davis, Australia, and Billy Doctrove, West Indies.

Third Umpire: Bruce Oxenford, Australia.

Match Referee: Jeff Crowe, New Zealand.

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