Rajshahi Kings captain Darren Sammy won the toss and opted to bowl first against Sylhet Sixers in the match of the fifth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Friday.

Zakir Hasan made his first appearance for Rajshahi.

Zakir, Sammy and Samit Patel replaced Lendl Simmons, Malcolm Waller and Nihaduzzaman from Rajshahi's previous game.

Sylhet, meanwhile, left out Ross Whiteley, Wanindu Hasaranga and Mohammad Sharif and picked Nabil Samad, Andre Fletcher and Liam Plunkett, reports ESPN.