Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field in the first Twenty20 international being played at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. Mithun Ali and Arafat Sunny made their Twenty20 debuts while Farhad Reza returned after two years.
Sri Lanka suffered a blow on the eve of the match when Mahela Jayawardene was ruled out of the two-match Twenty20 series after splitting a webbing in his left hand while taking a high catch during training.
For Sri Lanka, Angelo Perera, Suranga Lakmal, Ashan Priyanjan and Kithuruwan Vithanage were left out of the playing XI.
Bangladesh 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Anamul Haque (wk), 3 Shamsur Rahman, 4 Shakib Al Hasan, 5 Nasir Hossain, 6 Mithun Ali,7 Farhad Reza, 8 Sohag Gazi, 9 Arafat Sunny, 10 Masrafe Bin Mortaza (capt), 11 Rubel Hossain
Sri Lanka 1 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 2 Kusal Perera, 3 Kumar Sangakkara, 4 Dinesh Chandimal (capt and wk), 5 Angelo Mathews, 6 Thisara Perera, 7 Nuwan Kulasekara, 8 Sachithra Senanayake, 9 Ajantha Mendis, 10 Seekuge Prasanna, 11 Lasith Malinga
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