T20 World Cup, Super 8: Bangladesh win toss and opt to bowl against India
T20 World Cup, Super 8: Bangladesh win toss and opt to bowl against India
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and opted to bowl first against India in a crucial Super 8s encounter in the T20 World Cup in North Sound, Antigua on Saturday.
India's playing eleven remained unchanged while Bangladesh dropped pacer Taskin Ahmed from the eleven.
"We would like to bowl first, we would like to restrict them to a small total and that is the plan. We know the conditions here and also about the wind factor. Looks a good wicket. 150-160 will be a good score I reckon. We have one change. Taskin is not playing," said Shanto at the toss.
"We wanted to bat and that's what we got. Looks like a good wicket and depends on how much the sun is beating down and making the pitch slow. Important to assess the conditions quickly. We are playing the same team. Important to stay in the present and not worry about other things," said Rohit.
Victory for India would put them on the brink of the semi-finals while another loss for the Tigers would effectively rule them out of contention for the last-four.
India beat Afghanistan by 47 runs in their Super Eight opener in Bridgetown while Bangladesh lost to Australia by 28 runs in a rain-hit clash in Antigua. India, the 2007 champions, named the same team that defeated Afghanistan on Thursday, when Suryakumar Yadav scored a second successive half-century.
India have won all four T20 World Cup clashes against their Asian rival and boast an overall 12-1 head-to-head record.
India XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah.
Bangladesh XI: 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.
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