Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and elected to bowl first against West Indies in their World Cup clash at the Cooper Association County Ground, Taunton, on Monday. West Indies were 29-1 after 8 overs, with Chris Gayle back to the hut playing a 13-ball duck before falling to Mohammad Saifuddin.

Bangladesh have made only one change in their team. They have left out batsman Mohammad Mithun and included Liton Das in his place. On the other hand, Windies have also made one change to their line-up by bringing in left-handed batter Darren Bravo in place of all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite.

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“We would like to bowl first. There are some patches in the wicket and our batting has been good, we have been chasing well. We have been on and off, two days of break and have been practising continuously for the last 4-5 days. Boys are well prepared. (Mohammad) Mithun is not playing. Liton Das comes in for him and hopefully he can play some shots. He is a top-order batter and we are backing him,” said Mortaza after winning the toss.

Meanwhile, Holder said, “Probably an opportunity to put some runs on the board. We don’t want to drop our intent and we want to be a little smarter and play well. One change for us, Carlos Brathwaite is out and Darren Bravo is in.”

West Indies are placed sixth on the points table of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 while Bangladesh are at the eighth place.

For the Caribbean side, Andre Russell, who just hasn’t been in the prime of his fitness, will be among the key players to watch out. On the other hand, for the Bangla Tigers, Shakib Al Hasan has been fantastic with the bat – having already scored two half-centuries and a hundred — and he has been brilliant with the bowl as well.

Here are the playing XIs of both the teams:

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Liton Das, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mehidy Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Mustafizur Rahman

West Indies: Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Darren Bravo, Shai Hope(w), Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder(c), Andre Russell, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas, Shannon Gabriel