Bangladesh won the toss and opted to field first against India in the T20 World Cup 2024 match, which is being played at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, United States on Saturday.
Men in Blue have won their first game of this round against Afghanistan, while the Tigers lost to Australia.
Bangladesh captain Najmul ul Hasan Shanto said they aim restricting India to 150-160.
“We would like to restrict them to a small total and chase it down. We know condition, the wind factor and hopefully we can execute.”
On the other hand, India’s Rohit Sharma said he would have batted even if they won the toss. India are unchanged, whereas, Bangladesh have benched Taskin Ahmed and included Mustafizur Rahman
Playing XIs
Bangladesh: Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das (wk), Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah.
India and Bangladesh have played 13 T20I games against each other. The men in blue have dominated the clashes as they have won 12 of these games, while the tigers have won only a single match.
