Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first against South Africa in the opening Test of two match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur in the ca[ital on Monday.

Jaker Ali is making his Test debut, replacing Shakib Al Hasan.

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Shadman Islam, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Jaker Ali, Nayeem Hasan, Taijul Islam, Hasan Mahmud

South Africa (Playing XI): Tony de Zorzi, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, David Bedingham, Ryan Rickelton, Matthew Breetzke, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Dane Piedt