Shoriful Islam to Saim Ayub, no run, short of length outside off, shapes away, left alone

Shoriful Islam to Shafique, leg byes, 1 run, short of length drifts into middle and leg, Shafique tucks and misses, off the thigh pad to fine-leg

Litton Das has the gloves.

Shoriful Islam to Shafique, 1 run, to fine leg

Litton Das has the gloves.

Shoriful Islam to Shafique, no run

Hint of shape there inwards for Shoriful Islam.

Shoriful Islam to Shafique, no run, full on middle, nicely flicked but straight to the fielder at square leg

Shafique and Saim Ayub are at the crease. Shafique is on strike. Shoriful Islam will open the attack

Bangladesh have won the toss on a grassy wicket. Let's see if they can make early inroads. The ball will do its bit for sure. Shanto has some last-minute advice in the team huddle.

Time for the national anthems. The sun is belting down.

Shan Masood: We were going to bowl first as well, we have never played in Pindi in August before. It has rained as well, but if we bat well, towards the end of the game with the cracks, it will be tough to bat. Test cricket is about picking 20 wickets and when we went to Australia that was one of our targets, our bowlers did well there and it's about continuing that momentum with 7 of 9 Tests at home and we would like to do that. We have been very clear, we have communicated with players, it removes the uncertainty a bit. It's a proud moment, privilege and nothing is guaranteed in sport and it's an exciting opportunity to push for a place in the WTC final.

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana

Najmul Hossain Shanto: I like to bowl first. The wicket has moisture, so will help our seam bowlers. We have a very good combination with seam bowlers and allrounders, we had a very good preparation. It is very important how we play this Test match. I'm very lucky and very thankful to our cricket board, I'm enjoying the captaincy. We have six batters, two allrounders and three seamers.

Teams:

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana

Pakistan (Playing XI): Abdullah Shafique, Saim Ayub, Shan Masood(c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan(w), Agha Salman, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Ali

Bangladesh have won the toss and have opted to field

13:12 Local Time, 08:12 GMT, 13:42 IST: The inspection has happened. The toss time has been fixed. Toss at 2pm and match to start at 2:30.

12:10 Local Time, 07:10 GMT, 12:40 IST: Lunch break is going on but the umpires were out to inspect the conditions. They are still not satisified with some of the areas and there will be another inspection at 13:00 local.