Craig Kieswetter makes his debut after an irresistible run of form for the England Lions and plays as a specialist batsman at the top of the order with Matt Prior keeping wicket. Alastair Cook's first ODI in charge started tidily, winning the toss and choosing to field first on sweltering afternoon in Dhaka.
Cook returns to the one-day side for the first time since November 2008, and along with Kieswetter gives England yet another opening combination. At the toss he insisted his game has expanded since then, and in Asian conditions, where the first 15-overs are crucial for the batting side, he will need to prove that.
On a pitch that is expected to be slow, dry and low it could be tough for the middle-order batsmen against the spinners and Bangladesh, banking on their superior knowledge of home conditions have plenty in their side.
Bangladesh included Mashrafe Mortaza, their most experienced paceman, who returns from injury for his first ODI since January last year. After a glut of knee injuries, he is considering joining the growing list of fast bowlers who have given up Test cricket to extend their limited-overs careers, and brings the main pace and aggression to the hosts today.
Captain Shakib Al Hasan said at the toss he was happy to bat first, anticipating the pitch to die later on, and as the world's best ODI allrounder, much will be expected of his left-arm spin later on.
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Bangladesh 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Imrul Kayes, 3 Junaid Siddique, 4 Aftab Ahmed, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 6 Shakib al Hasan (capt), 7 Mahmudullah, 8 Naeem Islam, 9 Mashrafe Mortaza, 10 Shafiul Islam, 11 Abdur Razzak
England 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Craig Kieswetter, 3 Kevin Pietersen, 4 Paul Collingwood, 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Matt Prior (wk), 7 Luke Wright, 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Tim Bresnan, 10 Graeme Swann, 11 Ryan Sidebottom.