Hamza Choudhury will make his first appearance in the SAFF Championship for Bangladesh against Sri Lanka on Wednesday, with the midfielder set to captain the side in their final Group A fixture at the National Stadium in Dhaka.
Bangladesh have made three changes to their starting XI, with Hamza and Farhan Ali Wahid coming into the side for the first time in the tournament along with Mohammad Ibrahim.
Faisal Fahim and Jamal Bhuiyan have been left out to make way for the two late arrivals, who have joined the national team ahead of the Sri Lanka match.
The third change sees Mohammad Ibrahim replacing Bishwanath Ghosh, who picked up an injury during training the day after Bangladesh's 1-0 victory over Bhutan. Bishwanath had been deployed as an Bishwanath had been deployed as a makeshift centre-forward in the tournament opener, while Ibrahim came off the bench to score the winning goal.
Bangladesh starting XI: Mehedi Hasan Srabon (goalkeeper), Zidane Yusuf, Tariq Kazi, Saad Uddin, Zayan Ahmed, Hamza Choudhury (captain), Farhan Ali Wahid, Rakib Hossain, Shamit Shome, Quazem Shah and Mohammad Ibrahim.