India have been impressive with their very first match in this ICC World Cup and even more so after they beat Pakistan by 7 wickets at the Narendra Modi stadium. The lethal pace-spin combo stunned the neighbours in the west yet again after the head to head became 8-0 in world cups.
The epic rivalry saw some brilliant knocks from both sides but Pakistan’s middle order couldn’t survive Bumrah’s pace and Kuldeep’s spin. However, both captains, Rohit SHarma and Babar Azam played defining innings as they scored 86 (63) and 50 (58) respectively.
The Pakistan pace attack failed to put on a show in Ahmedabad.
As for Bangladesh, the team has had a taste of two consecutive defeats, with New Zealand being the latest one where the kiwis won by eight wickets. A flop show by the bowlers and not enough runs put on the scoreboard by the batsmen in the first defeat, cost the team a victory.
Having lost to two big guns already, the Shakib Al Hasan led squad is in desperate need of a victory to move ahead in this marquee tournament with confidence.
Key player for the Asian team has been Mehidy Hasan. He has proved to be an asset to the Bangladeshi side with both bat and the ball. The pacer delivered an all round performance in their campaign opener against Afghanistan by picking up 3 crucial wickets and scoring a half century. Against England, he managed to pick up four wickets including that of Dawid Malan.
The last time India and Bangladesh met was in the Asia Cup, where the former was defeated by the latter.
Both teams will look to clinch a victory today, no matter what: India to rise from a shameful defeat in Sri Lanka while Bangladesh to sustain in this competition.
Squads:
Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Litton Kumer Das, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Najmul Hossain Shanto (vc), Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nasum Ahmed, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav.
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