Canberra, Feb 18: Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and elected to bat first against Afghanistan in their opening match of the cricket World Cup at the Manuka Oval, here today. Bangladesh were bowled out for 267 in 50 overs.

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The Teams:

Bangladesh: Anamul Haque, Tamim Iqbal, Mominul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Soumya Sarkar, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed

Afghanistan: Afsar Zazai (wk), Javed Ahmadi, Nawroz Mangal, Asghar Stanikzai, Samiullah Shenwari, Mohammad Nabi (capt), Najibullah Zadran, Mirwais Ashraf, Aftab Alam, Shapoor Zadran, Hamid Hassan.

Afghanistan had beaten Bangladesh by 32 runs in the Asia Cup held in Bangladesh in March last year.

PTI