K Ahmed to M Naim, FOUR! Third boundary in the over. This is good batting from Naim. Short delivery on middle, Naim pulls it through wide of mid on. Yuzvendra Chahal dives to his left, gets a hand to it but the ball still races away.
K Ahmed to M Naim, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for Naim. Length delivery on middle, Naim looks to pull but his bottom hand comes off the bat. The ball still races through square leg.
K Ahmed to M Naim, FOUR! Not cleanly timed but he will get a boundary. A length ball, outside off, Naim looks to pull but the ball hits the toe end of his bat and goes past Khaleel's outstretched right hand, to the long off fence.
Khaleel Ahmed to bowl from the other end.
D Chahar to L Das, FOUR! Wrong line and is punished. A length ball, but down the leg side. Das flicks it through mid-wicket and gets the first boundary of the night.
D Chahar to L Das, Full and outside off, swinging away, driven sweetly but straight to cover.
What is that? Liton Das tries to shove off a dragonfly but it refuses to obey. He tries a couple of times but then gives it up.
D Chahar to M Naim, Around middle, flicked through mid-wicket for a single. Both openers are off the mark now.
D Chahar to M Naim, This one comes in and comes in a long way. Full and around off, swinging in a long way, Naim looks to drive but the ball takes the inner half of the bat and goes towards the bowler. Chahar has a look at the batsman but the latter is not interested.
D Chahar to L Das, Full and outside off, swinging away again, pushed behind point for a run. Bangladesh are on the scoreboard.
D Chahar to L Das, Landed around off, swinging away, Das pushes it towards cover.
We are all set to begin. The Indian players are out in the middle. Liton Das and Mohammad Naim will open the batting for Bangladesh. Deepak Chahar will start the proceedings for the hosts.
Bangladesh (UNCHANGED PLAYING XI) - Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Naim, Mushfiqur Rahim(WK), Mahmudullah(C), Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Aminul Islam, Shafiul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain.
India (UNCHANGED PLAYING XI) - Rohit Sharma (C), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (WK), Krunal Pandya, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Deepak Chahar, Khaleel Ahmed.
Bangladesh captain, Mahmudullah, does not believe that toss is too big a factor here as he feels that the ball will come onto the bat nicely, but also feels that his batsmen need to put up a big total on the board. On the elusive series victory, Riyadh agrees that it is a great opportunity for all the players, especially the youngsters to express themselves and hopes that they do well. He too, says that Bangladesh are unchanged from their previous game.
Indian skipper, Rohit Sharma, says that it looks a good pitch, as always is the case in Rajkot. Sees a few cracks but is not too bothered. Expects dew towards the end of the game which should make life easier for the batters. On India's not-so-good record while defending totals, Rohit says that he is not too perturbed with the stats and is only looking to try new things. However, he adds that he has a young squad with him and his main aim is to win, trying to make his players comfortable. Informs that India are unchanged from their previous game as he believes that the performance was right up there, except for a few overs at the death.
TOSS - Tails is the call, Heads it is. INDIA ELECT TO CHASE.