Mahedi, Shoriful in as Bangladesh opt to bat
Off-spinner Mahedi Hasan and left-arm seamer Shoriful Islam were drafted in as Bangladesh opted to bat first in the third and final ODI against Australia in Mirpur on Sunday.
Najmul Hossain Shanto is leading the side in place of Mehidy Hasan Miraz, out with concussion.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Mehidy was replaced by off-spinner Mahedi while Shoriful came in for speedster Nahid Rana.
Australia, looking to avoid their first series whitewash against Bangladesh, made too changes too.
Oli Peake and Ben Dwarshuis came into the side for this fixture. Matt Short has been dropped following three ducks on the trot while Nathan Ellis has been rested.
TEAMS
Bangladesh: 1 Tanzid Hasan, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), 4 Tawhid Hridoy, 5 Litton Das (wk), 6 Mosaddek Hossain, 7 Shak Mahedi Hassan, 8 Tanvir Islam, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Mustafizur Rahman, 11 Shoriful Islam
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