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Overs 5.1: OUT! Jasprit Bumrah joins the party, dismisses Nazmul Hossain for 7. Bangladesh 16/2
Overs 4.3: OUT! Bhuvneshwar Kumar strikes early, scalps Liton Das for 7. Bangladesh 15/1
Overs 3.4: FOUR! First boundary for Bangladesh from the bat of Liton Das off Jasprit Bumrah. Score: 14/0
Overs 2: Cautious start for Bangladesh, 5/0
After four runs over from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah gave away just one leg-bye in the second over. Discipline start by India pacers.
Liton Das and Nazmul Hossain Shanto start the Bangladesh innings. Bhuvneshwar Kumar with the ball for India
*Time for National Anthems
TOSS | India captain Rohit Sharma wins toss and opts to bowl against Bangladesh in Super Four match
Playing XIs
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (w), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal
Bangladesh: Liton Das (w), Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Mithun, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mehidy Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman
Pitch Report
"It is a fresh pitch. There is hardly any grass. It looks an even wicket. There are cracks but usually they don't come into play. It is not a pitch where you can blast. You have to accumulate runs on this pitch. 250 will be a good score." - Russel Arnold
PREVIEW
India will look to up the ante against Bangladesh, who have a penchant for playing the party poopers, in their opening Super Four encounter.
For India, the worry will be the team combination as Hardik Pandya has been ruled out of the tournament owing to back spasms, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar might be rested after back-to-back games against Hong Kong and Pakistan. The pull-outs of Axar Patel and Shardul Thakur further compounded India's injury woes.
Manish Pandey can add batting depth and looks a possible addition in the middle-order, while Kedar Jadhav's off breaks are more than handy, and he is expected to take care of Pandya's quota of overs. Openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan were amongst the runs in the first two matches while Ambati Rayudu and Dinesh Karthik looked solid against Pakistan. It is Mahendra Singh Dhoni's batting form that could keep the team management worried.
Bangladesh are a quality 50-over side, a format they have mastered after a formidable run at home besides reaching the Asia Cup final in 2012.
Under the inspirational Mashrafe Mortaza and seasoned campaigners like Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmydullah Riyadh, the team has the potential to go all the way. With two quality pacers in Mustafizur Rahaman and Rubel Hossain backed by the experience of Mortaza and Shakib on a slow deck, India could find run scoring difficult in the middle overs.
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