NORTH SOUND [Antigua], Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and elected to bowl first against India in their second match of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2024 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Saturday.
In the ongoing marquee event, both the teams have been placed in Group 1 of the Super 8 along with Afghanistan and Australia.
India is coming into this match after defeating Afghanistan by 47 runs in its last Super Eight match. Bangladesh, on the other hand, lost by 28 runs in their first Super Eight match of the marquee event.
"We would like to bowl first, we would like to restrict them to small scores and that is the plan. We know the conditions here and also the wind factor. It looks to be a good wicket. 150-160 is a good score. will be." I believe we have a change. Taskin is not playing,” Shanto said after winning the toss.
Men in Blue captain Rohit Sharma said that if he had won the toss, he would have chosen to bat first.
"We wanted to bat and that's what we got. It looks to be a good wicket and it depends on how much the sun is coming down and the pitch is getting slow. It is important to assess the conditions quickly. We are a Just playing with the team. It's important to stay in the present and not worry about other things," Rohit said.
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tanjeed Hasan, Liton Das (wk), Nazmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Tauheed Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Zakhar Ali, Rishad Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Tanjeed Hasan Shakib, Mustafizur Rahman.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah.
In the ongoing marquee event, both the teams have been placed in Group 1 of the Super 8 along with Afghanistan and Australia.
India is coming into this match after defeating Afghanistan by 47 runs in its last Super Eight match. Bangladesh, on the other hand, lost by 28 runs in their first Super Eight match of the marquee event.
"We would like to bowl first, we would like to restrict them to small scores and that is the plan. We know the conditions here and also the wind factor. It looks to be a good wicket. 150-160 is a good score. will be." I believe we have a change. Taskin is not playing,” Shanto said after winning the toss.
Men in Blue captain Rohit Sharma said that if he had won the toss, he would have chosen to bat first.
"We wanted to bat and that's what we got. It looks to be a good wicket and it depends on how much the sun is coming down and the pitch is getting slow. It is important to assess the conditions quickly. We are a Just playing with the team. It's important to stay in the present and not worry about other things," Rohit said.
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tanjeed Hasan, Liton Das (wk), Nazmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Tauheed Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Zakhar Ali, Rishad Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Tanjeed Hasan Shakib, Mustafizur Rahman.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah.
