Bangladesh vs South Africa 1st Test Live Score: Bangladesh win the toss and elect to bat first

Bangladesh come into this match after losing the recently-concluded 2 -match Test series against India while on the other hand, this is South Africa's first Test since February

The Proteas are set to lock horns against the Tigers in the first Test of the 2-match series which will be played in Mirpur. The South African pacers will be looking to inflict damage on Bangladesh in the early overs with the new ball.

Victory in this series will be quite important especially for South Africa as they do have chances of reaching the World Test Championship (WTC) final next year. However, in order to do that, they will have to win all 6 of their remaining Tests.

Bangladesh team for 1st Test: Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Shadman Islam, Mominul Haque, Najmul Hossain Shanto (C), Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das (WK), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Jaker Ali, Nayeem Hasan, Taijul Islam, Hasan Mahmud

South Africa team for 1st Test: Aiden Markram (C), Tony de Zorzi, Tristan Stubbs, David Bedingham, Ryan Rickelton, Matthew Breetzke, Kyle Verreynne (WK), Wiaan Mulder, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Dane Piedt

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