The only concern that India will have will be regarding captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni who skipped practice on Monday due to a muscle spasm. Wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel has been flown in as his backup.
For the first time, the Asia Cup will not be played as a 50-over competition, but will instead be a 20-over affair.
India
(From): Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli(c), Suresh Raina,
Yuvraj Singh, Parthiv Patel(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja,
Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah, Ajinkya Rahane,
Harbhajan Singh, Pawan Negi, MS Dhoni, Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Bangladesh
(From): Imrul Kayes, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan,
Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza(c),
Al-Amin Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Mustafizur Rahman, Abu Hider, Mohammad
Mithun, Nurul Hasan, Taskin Ahmed
There's something about this Bangladesh side, who seem to have developed a
tendency of pulling a rabbit out of hat. Having upset India last year
in the ODIs, Bangladesh's medium-pacers were at it again, causing the
in-form Indian batting several anxious moments up early. But a gritty
knock from Rohit Sharma, aided by a sparkling 18-ball 31 from Hardik
Pandya, lifted them to 166 for 6 from a stage when scoring 130 looked
unlikely.
India scored 114 runs in the final ten overs with Rohit forging two 50-plus alliances with Yuvraj Singh and Pandya. The green Khulna surface had been kept protected due to abrupt spells of rain in the last 24 hours, hence the dampness of the pitch was always going to spell slight trouble to the side batting first. An eventful first over from Taskin Ahmed set the tone for what was to come. One jagged in, other moved away. One held its line and the other took off. You knew the pitch was playing peek-a-boo with the batsmen.
India scored 114 runs in the final ten overs with Rohit forging two 50-plus alliances with Yuvraj Singh and Pandya. The green Khulna surface had been kept protected due to abrupt spells of rain in the last 24 hours, hence the dampness of the pitch was always going to spell slight trouble to the side batting first. An eventful first over from Taskin Ahmed set the tone for what was to come. One jagged in, other moved away. One held its line and the other took off. You knew the pitch was playing peek-a-boo with the batsmen.
