Bangladesh have won the toss and chose to bat first in their ODI World Cup clash against India at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, on Thursday at 2pm.
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan will sit this match out after a quad injury. Najmul Hossain Shanto will be Bangladesh skipper for Thursday's match. Hasan Mahmud was brought into the Bangladesh side in place of Taskin Ahmed.
Shanto said, "Feeling proud to lead the side. We will bat today. It is a fresh wicket. It'll be good for the team If we put up a good score. Shakib is struggling a bit, and Nasum replaces him. We have some great memories against India, hopefully, we continue our form. It'll be a great match. Another change as Hasan comes in for Taskin."
India is playing an unchanged side with Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami not making it into the Playing XI once again. The Men in Blue are returning to the pitch with the confidence of winning all three previous World Cup matches while Bangladesh lost two of their three matches.
Teams
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Bangladesh Playing XI: Litton Das, Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim (wicketkeeper), Mahmudullah, Nasum Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman and Shoriful Islam
