Team India will bat first, Rohit Sharma said – we also wanted this

New Delhi. The Indian cricket team is batting first in its second match of the T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8. Bangladesh won the toss and invited India to bat first. In this match being played at Sir Vivian Richards in Antigua, Bangladesh has made one change in the playing XI while the Indian team has not made any change in the final XI. Team India has won its first match of Super 8. By registering a win against Bangladesh, it will move strongly towards the semi-finals. Bangladesh has lost the first match in the Super 8. It was defeated by Australia under the Duckworth Lewis rule.

After losing the toss, Rohit Sharma said, ‘We wanted to bat and that is what we got. It looks like a good wicket and it depends on how much sunlight is on the pitch. And how slow the pitch is getting. It is important to assess the conditions quickly.’

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After winning the toss, Bangladeshi captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto said, ‘We would like to bowl first, we would like to restrict them to a small score. This is our plan. We also know about the conditions and wind here. It looks like a good wicket. I think 150-160 would be a good score. We are going into this match with one change. Taskin Ahmed is not playing today’s match.’

India and Bangladesh have clashed 13 times in T20 International matches where India has won 12 and Bangladesh has defeated India in one match. This is the fifth clash between the two in T20 World Cup history. Before this, India has won all the four matches.

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah.

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tanjid Hasan, Liton Das (wicketkeeper), Nazmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Tauhid Hridaya, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Zaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Mehdi Hasan, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman.

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