Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza decided to field first against India
on a flat pitch with a covering of grass, which should not worry the
batsmen who can hit through the line. Mashrafe said Bangladesh did not
mind chasing a big total. The India captain MS Dhoni said he would have
also preferred to bowl first.
Tamim Iqbal, who missed the Australia game due to food poisoning, returned to the XI. He replaced left-arm spinner Saqlain Sajib, who made his international debut in the last match against Australia.
India, predictably, went with same line-up that prevailed against Pakistan.
India: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Suresh Raina, 5 Yuvraj Singh, 6 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Ravindra Jadeja, 9 R Ashwin, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Ashish Nehra
Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Sabbir Rahman, 4 Shakib Al Hasan, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Mohammad Mithun, 8 Shuvagata Hom, 9 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 10 Al-Amin Hossain, 11 Mustafizur Rahman
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