Tigers opt to bowl first in 1st ODI against India, Bangladesh captain Liton Das decided to bowl first after winning the toss against India in the first of three-match ODI series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium here today. Liton was appointed as captain for this series after regular captain Tamim Iqbal, also the highest scorer for Bangladesh in this format, was ruled out with groin injury.
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Tigers opt to bowl first in 1st ODI against India
“We are going to bowl first. Looks like it could be sticky for the first ten overs, that’s why we are bowling first,” Liton explained as to why he decided to bowl first. He also informed that Bangladesh would play with three seamers and two spinners. Ebadot Hossain replaced fellow pacer Taskin Ahmed who was rested after complaining about back pain.
India captain Rohit Sharma looked dejected after losing all important toss. He said he also would have bowled first in this wicket. “To be honest I was not sure. The pitch seems to have some moisture, so we would have bowled first too,” Rohit said. India however handed debut to pacer Kuldeep Sen.
“Some injures and few issues, we got four all-rounders playing. Washington, Shardul, Shabaz, Deepak Chahar. Myself, Shikhar and Virat up the order. KL Rahul will keep wickets. We hardly played many games in New Zealand, but we fought well. Some of the guys batted really well. World Cup is still far away, we don’t want to look too far ahead. We want to focus on what we have in hand and play accordingly,” Rohit added.
Line Ups:
Bangladesh:
Liton Das (capt), Anamul Haque, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Ebadot Hossain.
India:
Rohit Sharma (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar,