Fast bowler Al-Amin Hossain returned to the Bangladesh fold after being sent home during the World Cup for breaching the team's curfew.
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza leads the side despite not yet being 100 percent fit after a bout of dengue fever.
Bangladesh selected a three-man pace attack as the pitch is predicted to be seamer friendly.
Zimbabwe was whitewashed in the five-match one-day series last December in Bangladesh but began this tour on a winning note, beating a Bangladesh board XI by seven wickets.
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