Dhaka [Bangladesh]: Bangladesh skipper Litton Das won the toss and chose to field first against India in the opening game of the three-match ODI series at the Shere Bangla National Arena in Dhaka on Sunday.
Fast bowler Umran Malik changed Mohammad Shami in India’s 17-man team for their three-match ODI series versus Bangladesh. “In consultation with the BCCI Medical Group, Rishabh Pant has been released from the ODI squad. He will certainly sign up with the group ahead of the Test series. No substitute has actually been looked for Axar Patel was not readily available for choice for the initial ODI,” BCCI tweeted.
There are four other fast bowlers in the side apart from Malik – Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Siraj, Deepak Chahar, as well as the uncapped Kuldeep Sen, another IPL find.
Hosts Bangladesh have their very own injuries to take on with as routine captain Tamim Iqbal is out with a Grade 1 stress on his best groin and will be led by Litton Das.
The first two ODIs will certainly take place in Dhaka on the 4 and also 7, followed by the third video game in Chattogram on the 10. A two-Test collection follow the ODIs from 14 to 26 December.
Talking at the time of the throw, Bangladesh captain Litton Das said, “We are mosting likely to bowl first. Looks like maybe sticky for the very first 10 overs, that’s why we are bowling first. Three seamers as well as two spinners for us. We want to follow the procedure as well as play good cricket.”
Speaking at the time of the throw, India skipper Rohit Sharma, “To be honest I was not sure. The pitch appears to have some dampness, so we would have bowled first also. With some wounds as well as few concerns, we got 4 all-rounders playing. Washington, Shardul, Shabaz, Deepak Chahar. Kuldeep Sen is making his debut. Myself Shikhar and Virat up the order. KL Rahul will certainly maintain arches. We barely played several games in New Zealand, but we fought well. Some of the guys batted really well. World Mug is still far away, we don’t want to look as well much ahead. We wish to concentrate on what we have and also play as necessary.”
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Litton Das(c), Anamul Haque, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mahmudullah, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Ebadot Hossain.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Siraj and also Kuldeep Sen.
