The match will kick-off at 6:30 pm (BdST).

Earlier, Bangladesh (148 for 7 in 17.4 overs) made a good start in the series beating Zimbabwe (144 for 5 in curtailed 18) by 3 wickets in the opening match at the same venue on Friday, featuring a stunning fifty by promising batsman Afif Hossain.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) included left-arm pacer Abu Hider Rony in the Bangladesh squad on Saturday for the Afghanistan match of the Tri-nation T20 Series on Sunday at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

With sweet memory of crushing hosts Bangladesh by 224 runs in the one-off Test match in Chattogram last week, Rashid Khan-led Afghanistan scored massive 197 for 5 against Zimbabwe in their opening match of the Tri-Nation T20 series in Mirpur on Saturday evening.    

Apart from Sunday’s match against Afghanistan, hosts Bangladesh will play Zimbabwe again on September 18 and Afghanistan again on September 21 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.

Two top teams will play the final on September 24 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

Bangladesh squad: Shakib Al Hasan (Captain), Litton Kumer Das, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmud Ullah, Afif Hossain, Musaddek Hossain Saikat, Shabbir Rahaman, Taijul Islam, Sheikh Mehedi Hasan, Shaif Uddin, Mustafizur Rahman, Yasin Arafat Mishu and Abu Hider Rony.