Live Updates: India vs Bangladesh, Nidahas Trophy 2018

Live Score: India vs Bangladesh

TOSS - India win toss and choose to field towards Bangladesh. India fielding an unchanged side

Playing XIs

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

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

STATS

--> This will be the sixth T20 between those groups, India have claimed victory in each of the former 5 clashes.

--> India have been victorious in six in their eight outings at R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, compared to Bangladesh who have won one and misplaced one at this venue, both the ones games coming in April 2017 v Sri Lanka.

--> Bangladesh have won simply one of their remaining 13 T20 suits total, beating Sri Lanka by means of 45 runs at this venue in April 2017.

--> India’s Shikhar Dhawan hit a career very best 90 in defeat towards Sri Lanka in the opening fit of this sequence, he has 233 runs from four T20I innings in
2018, handiest Black Caps stars Martin Guptill (410) and Colin Munro (396) have more.

--> Rohit Sharma is India’s second best possible run scorer in T20I history (1,679, in the back of Kohli 1,983), alternatively he has been brushed aside for a duck in two of his remaining three innings.

PREVIEW

India's green cricket crew should recuperate temporarily from the eye-opening loss to Sri Lanka and lift its recreation by means of a few notches towards an unpredictable Bangladesh in the Nidahas Twenty20 Trophy, on Thursday.

Sri Lanka, who have been overwhelmed fair and sq. by means of India in their umpteen battles over the past six months, pulled one again in style on the day before today courtesy Kusal Perera's special knock (a 37-ball 66).

The home crew's marvel victory has also spiced up the event, which till Tuesday, was once expected to be ruled by means of India.

Defending a decent 174 for five, the green bowling assault didn't have a solution to Perera's relentless aggression. Yuvzendra Chahal, the one frontline spinner in the eleven, too was once now not spared.

Captain Rohit Sharma, alternatively, backed the young guns to ship towards Bangladesh.

"Our bowlers tried everything they could, but sometimes it doesn't come off the way you want it to. I felt we have enough experience in our bowling line-ups. Yes, they are new in the scene, but they've put in performances. I had a lot of confidence going into the game," stated Rohit after the five-wicket loss.

"We are blessed to have a squad that has good batting depth, we also have a couple of allrounders. Hopefully we'll come back strong," he added.

India controlled to recuperate from a foul get started and submit a par rating, as put by means of Rohit, who fell affordably alongside Suresh Raina to leave the crew at nine for 2.

The shaky beginning ended in India attaining 40 for 2 by means of end of Powerplay whilst Sri Lanka raced to 75 for 2, proving to be the variation in any case.

"It was in the first six overs that they took the game away from us," stated Shikhar Dhawan, who endured his excellent run with an entertaining 90 off 49 balls.

How Rohit and Dhawan get started will at all times be necessary for India's chances but towards Bangladesh, they wish to rating more in the loss of life overs than they did towards Sri Lanka.

Rohit isn't expected to make many changes in the eleven but Axar Patel, who is essentially the most skilled spinner in the squad, may get to bowl alongside Chahal.

The proficient KL Rahul too sat out of the primary recreation but as the opening aggregate is settled, it is still observed if he gets to bat in the middle-order.

Washington Sundar was once the select of the bowlers towards Sri Lanka, hanging two times at an acceptable economic system charge of 7 runs in line with over.

In the absence of the rested Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the likes of Shardul Thakur and Jaydev Unadkat wish to up their recreation in the unforgiving loss of life overs. Thakur leaked as many as 27 runs in his first over towards Sri Lanka but bounced again well to concede handiest three in his next strive.
Facing Bangladesh in the shortest format has at all times been difficult for India and it'll be no other.

Mahmudullah will continue to lead the side in absence of the injured Shakib Al Hasan, who also neglected the T20 and Test sequence towards Sri Lanka at home.

Having misplaced the Tests, T20s and the ODI tri-series ultimate (all to Sri Lanka), Bangladesh can be determined to greenback the hot pattern.

Senior batsman Tamin Iqbal stated the crew isn't having the best of occasions in this day and age but is confident of a turnaround.

"It will be a different challenge here for me and also our team. We know that we are not in the best of form as a team but this can happen as I have said it's normal for a batsman and a bowler, we go through good form and bad patches. So, as a team it is quite normal for that to happen," stated Iqbal.