🏏 Cricket World Cup 2023: Match #17: India vs Bangladesh🏏 - Page 6

Rohit says he would have bowled first anyway. Reckons bowling first has been working for them and he did not want to change it, wants to continue the momentum they have generated so far. No changes for India, meaning that Shardul Thakur continues ahead of R Ashwin and Mohammed Shami.

So we have to chase not bad atleast we know what will be the target but BD without Shakib as Shanto have won toss

Rohit Sharma: I would have bowled first. It's working at this point of time, don't see any reason to change it. That's important in this WC, keeping everybody in good space. The boys are in good shape, good mental space as well and enjoying the cricket. So far so good, we want to continue this momentum, Same team.

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

Bangladesh XI: Litton Das, Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Nasum Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam

Bangladesh (Playing XI): Litton Das, Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mahmudullah, Nasum Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

Pitch Report | Sanjay Manjrekar and Irfan Pathan: "It's a good pitch, has a history of lot of runs. It's a pitch where the seamers wouldn't mind bowling first up or maybe under lights as well. I don't see a turner. Definition of true pitch - you can bat really well, if you are a quality fast bowler, you get something out of it as well. It's a black soil pitch, there's grass covering which is not green. It'll hold the pitch nicely. High-scoring pitch for sure. I'll use the bouncer very regularly on this pitch. You can plays shots on the up. If anyone will get turn, it's Kuldeep Yadav."

Originally posted by: Rosyme

Bangladesh won the toss and choose to. Bat first

10 points gone

Shubman Gill, in a chat with the official broadcast: It's very important for me to stick to my basics. Experience has been great, played my first (WC) match against Pakistan, great atmosphere. We have the right momentum with us having won three matches. We all know he (Rohit Sharma) is an aggressive batsman, has done so well for India, especially in World Cup matches. He is just carrying on with his form, he plays according to his instincts. It's a smaller ground and the wicket has been good. Hopefully we'll be able to get some good runs for our bowlers to defend. It's very important to play the middle overs well. If you areableto not too lose too many wickets, then you can really capitalize and have a big score.

Originally posted by: SoniRita

Rohit says he would have bowled first anyway. Reckons bowling first has been working for them and he did not want to change it, wants to continue the momentum they have generated so far. No changes for India, meaning that Shardul Thakur continues ahead of R Ashwin and Mohammed Shami.

We have better fast bowler than BD.

Some early luck for our seamer but i bet our target will be 287-300