Bangladesh win toss, opt to bowl against New Zealand

Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bowl first against New Zealand in the first match of three-match T20I series at McLean Park in Napier on Wednesday.

Mitchell Santner will lead the New Zealand team in the absence of Kane Williamson who is resting. Tim Southee returns to the New Zealand lineup after missing the recent one-day international series against Bangladesh which New Zealand won 2-1.

Rony Talukdar comes into the Bangladesh team after also missing the one-dayers.

Bangladesh XI: Litton Das (wk), Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), Rony Talukdar, Towhid Hridoy, Afif Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman.

New Zealand XI: Tim Seifert (wk), Finn Allen, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner (capt), Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Ben Sears.