Ireland win toss, elect to bat

Bridgetown, Barbados, Apr 15(UNI) Ireland captain Trent Johnston won the toss and surprised everyone by deciding to bat first on a wicket which has shown tremendous pace and bounce.

Ireland judgment has come from the fact that Bangladesh has a spin oriented attack and might be unplayable in the afternoon innings.

The teams Ireland: DT Johnston, WTS Porterfield, JP Bray, AC Botha, NJ O'Brien, EJG Morgan, KJ O'Brien, AR White, WK McCallan, D Langford-Smith, PJK Mooney, WB Rankin, Bangladesh: Habibul Bashar, Shahriar Nafees, Abdur Razzak, Aftab Ahmed, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mohammad Ashraful, Mohammad Rafique, Mushfiqur Rahim, Saqibul Hasan, Syed Rasel, Tamim Iqbal UNI