Live cricket score, India vs Bangladesh, Nidahas Trophy tri-nation 2nd T20, Colombo: IND bowl

India will handle Bangladesh with caution in the shortest format of the game. The Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team will be looking for its first win in the Nidahas Trophy tri-nation T20 international series having lost the first match against Sri Lanka on March 6. India are unbeaten in five previous T20 internationals against Bangladesh but that superb record does not indicate the closeness of the contests between the two nations. India have chosen to rest many of their frontline players but Sharma has enough talent and variety in his line-up to produce good limited overs cricket against Bangladesh, who are quite adept at short format matches. India and Bangladesh will be playing their first T20 match on Sri Lankan soil today. Get live cricket score of India vs Bangladesh T20 international at Colombo’s Premadasa Stadium here (LIVE SCORES) (LIVE STREAMING INFO)

18:46 hrs IST: India are playing a T20 international against Bangladesh for the first time since their 2016 World T20 encounter in Bengaluru. In that game, the Mashrafe Mortaza-led side needed just two to win off three balls with three wickets remaining but went on to lose by a run.

18:35 hrs IST: Here are the playing XI of both teams -

India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik(wk), Washington Sundar, Vijay Shankar, Jaydev Unadkat, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shardul Thakur

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah(c), Mushfiqur Rahim(wk), Liton Das, Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan, Nazmul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman

18:33 hrs IST: India have won the toss and have opted to field.

18:10 hrs IST: Toss and teams in a short while. Stay tuned for live updates.

17:55 hrs IST: Looks like Mohammed Siraj and Axar Patel will get a game today - says our correspondent Siddharth Vishwanathan.

17:42 hrs IST: Meanwhile, former chairman of the India cricket selection committee, Dilip Vengsarkar, made a shocking claim on Wednesday that he was sacked from his post in 2008 for picking a teenaged Virat Kohli over seasoned Tamil Nadu batsman S Badrinath in the squad for an ODI series of Sri Lanka.

The former India skipper and batting stalwart, acknowledged as the one who first backed Virat Kohli’s talent, said he paid the price as the decision upset then BCCI treasurer N Srinivasan. Read full story here

17:31 hrs IST: STAT ATTACK - Bangladesh have won just one of their last 10 T20Is.

17:29 hrs IST: STAT ATTACK - Rohit Sharma has been dismissed for a duck in two of his last three T20 innings.

17:21 hrs IST: STAT ATTACK - India have won six of their eight T20 matches at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

17:09 hrs IST: STAT ATTACK - Bangladesh are yet to defeat India in a T20 international.

17:04 hrs IST: Hello and welcome to HT’s live coverage of the second T20 of the Nidahas Trophy between India and Bangladesh.

Having lost the first match against the hosts by five wickets, the Indians would have identified the areas for improvement. The ineffectiveness of the quick bowlers -- Shardul Thakur and Jaydev Unadkat -- will be one of the worries. Kusal Perera’s 66 off 37 balls would have served as a lesson for them.

Bangladesh will not be daunted by India’s spin. In these conditions, Bangladesh batsmen should be able to handle spin better than many international teams but what is not a guarantee is their temperament. Who can forget Bangladesh’s astonishing defeat in the ICC World T20 2016 match when they lost by a run against India needing two runs from three balls! Two of the ‘culprits’ that day -- Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah -- are both in the current squad and will not forget that tragic defeat.