DHAKA, Oct 3, 2025 (BSS)-Bangladesh captain Jaker Ali Anik opted to bowl 
first after winning the toss in the second T20 International against 
Afghanistan at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in UAE today.

A win in the match will confirm Bangladesh's series victory as they won the 
first game by four wickets after recovering from a sensational collapse that 
saw them lost six wickets for nine runs.

Jaker Ali, however, is confident of their chance to confirm the series with a 
match to go.

"We had a good start yesterday and a good strategy. We took some good rest. 
Looking forward to this game," Jaker told the broadcaster after the match.

Bangladesh made two changes from the previous squad with Saifuddin and 
Shoriful Islam returning to the fold in place of Taskin Ahmed and Tanzim 
Hasan Sakib.

Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan was not disappointed to get batting as option 
after losing the toss. 

"We wanted to bat first as well. Yesterday we didn't do well with the bat. We 
were happy to bat first yesterday also. You need to give time here," Rashid 
said.

"Later on it was easy to bat on. We have to focus on not losing too many 
wickets early on. Each and every game is quite important. We haven't done 
well in the tri-series and the Asia Cup. We need to believe in our minds we 
can do well."

Afghanistan brought up three changes in a bid to level the series in what 
turned out to be 'do or die' contest.

Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mohammad Ishaq and Fareed Ahmad Malik were dropped to 
accommodate Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Wafiullah Tarakhil and Abdullah Ahmadzai.

Line Ups:

Bangladesh: Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Parvez Hossain Emon, Saif Hassan, Jaker 
Ali(w/c), Nurul Hasan, Shamim Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Rishad Hossain, 
Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sediqullah Atal, Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish 
Rasooli, Wafiullah Tarakhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Abdullah 
Ahmadzai, Rashid Khan(c), Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.