Summary

  • Watch in-play highlights

  • Afghanistan win by 14 runs

  • Scotland have never won a World T20 match

  • Zimbabwe beat Hong Kong in tournament opener

  1. Afghanistan team newspublished at 13:43 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2016

    So there's no place for Afghanistan pace bowler Hamid Hassan, who I think might have been an injury doubt, but left-arm spinner Amir Hamza is included.  

  2. Team line-upspublished at 13:42

    Afghanistan: Noor Ali Zadran, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Asghar Stanikzai (capt), Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Shafiqullah Shafiq, Samiullah Shenwari, Dawlat Zadran, Rashid Khan, Amir Hamza

    Scotland: Kyle Coetzer, Calum MacLeod, Matt Machan, Richie Berrington, Matthew Cross (wk), Preston Mommsen (capt), Josh Davey, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Alasdair Evans, Mark Watt.

  3. Postpublished at 13:38 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2016

    Syed Anwar
    BBC Afghan Service

  4. Tosspublished at 13:34

    Afghanistan have won the toss and will bat first.

  5. It's only just begunpublished at 13:34

    This is today's second match in Nagpur - already, Zimbabwe have notched in the wins column with a 14-run success against Hong Kong.

    You can watch highlights clips from throughout that game on the BBC Sport website (if you're in the UK). And stay on this very page as you'll be able to watch in-play highlights from Scotland v Afghanistan.

    Vusi SibandaImage source, Getty Images
  6. Postpublished at 13:31

    ...but this is 2016, T20 is a global cash cow, and it's time for Scotland and Afghanistan to begin their bid to take a seat at the top table when the "big" teams enter the competition at the Super 10 stage. News of the toss, and teams, as we get them.

  7. Do you remember the first time?published at 13:30

    Afternoon, everyone - and welcome to our live text coverage of the sixth ICC World Twenty20 tournament. It hardly seems yesterday since T20 was just a bit of fun, and India weren't even going to send a full-strength team to the inaugural world event in South Africa. That was 2007...