Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. 

Bangladesh 1 Tamim, 2 Soumya, 3 Sabbir, 4 Shakib, 5 Mahmudullah, 6 Mushfiqur (wk), 7 Mithun, 8 Mashrafe (capt), 9 Sunny, 10 Taskin, 11 Al-Amin

Pakistan: 1 Shehzad, 2 Sharjeel, 3 Hafeez, 4 Malik, 5 U Akmal, 6 Sarfraz (wk), 7 Afridi, 8 Imad Wasim, 9 Wahab, 10 Amir, 11 Irfan

"Bangladesh is beginning to emerge into a great team !! The fear and the pressure seems to have disappeared," marvels Imran Golam. "The whole team is packed with energy and self believe and great players !!!"

---- They've always played taking a lot of liberties, but this outfit is doing so cleverly. Take Tamim Iqbal, for example, he has scores of 83 and 103 coming into this game by giving the bowler his bit at the start and then cashing in later because he knew he could.

Shahid Afridi and Mashrafe Mortaza lead their teams out for the national anthems. Eden doesn't look too crowded, but it somehow still seems so noisy. A sizable contingent of people in the Bangladesh colours.

Bangladesh have been playing without their best bowler for a while now. Mustafizur Rahman is still not a certain starter. He will undergo a fitness test prior to the match today at Kolkata, and imagine the impact he could make if the pitch offers even the slightest bit of grip to the ball.