Dubai, India won the toss and opted to field against Bangladesh at the Asia Cup here on Friday.
Indian openers like Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan have the capabilities to turn the match. While Ambati Rayudu and Dinesh Karthik looked solid against Pakistan.
However, former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s batting form could keep the team management worried as he hasn’t been scoring. Now, its upto Rohit whether he promotes him in the batting order or not.
It seems that Bangladesh have mastered after a formidable run at home besides reaching the Asia Cup final in 2012.
Players like Mashrafe Mortaza, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah Riyadh, the team has the potential to go all the way.
Squads:
India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (wk), Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravindra Jadeja, Siddharth Kaul, Deepak Chahar.
Bangladesh: Masrafe bin Mortaza (capt), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Mithun, Litton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Ariful Haque, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Nazmul Hossain, Mehidy Hasan, Nazmul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Abu Haider.