Rohit Sharma, the skipper of India is in for a chat. He says that they were looking to bat first anyways. He hopes that they can play some good cricket and gather crucial points. Adds the weather is nice and would love to perform well after the loss in the previous encounter. Mentions there is a single change to the side with Axar Patel coming in for Deepak Hooda.
Shakib Al Hasan, the captain of Bangladesh says that they will bowl first because of the overcast conditions and they don’t know how the pitch will behave. Tells that it is a big game for them and adds that the boys know what is coming their way and they are looking to do well. Mentions that they have played quite well so far and are looking forward to this game. Informs that they have one change with Soumya Sarkar missing out and Shoriful Islam will be replacing him.
INDIA (Playing XI) - KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel (In for Deepak Hooda), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami, Arshdeep Singh.
BANGLADESH (Playing XI) - Najmul Hossain Shanto, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan (C), Afif Hossain, Yasir Ali, Nurul Hasan (WK), Mosaddek Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam (In for Soumya Sarkar), Taskin Ahmed.
Runs on the board would matter. We would look to bat well. All games are important in this format. We didn't play well in the last game. Hopefully, we can play some good cricket and get those two points. Good ground and good atmosphere here. Good weather as well. We have one change. Axar is in for Hooda.
We will bowl first. We don't know what is a good score on this wicket. Big game. We are well prepared today. Boys are gelling well. We have been playing with this side for some time. We need to continue doing the good things. We can continue working on our batting. One change. Sarkar is not playing. Shariful Islam comes in.
TOSS - The coin goes up and lands in favour of Bangladesh. They have opted to FIELD first.