Asia Cup 2023 Highlights, IND vs BAN: Rohit Sharma wins the flip of the coin and opted to bowl first against Bangladesh at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
India vs Bangladesh Asia Cup 2023 Highlights: India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl first in their Super Four clash against Bangladesh at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Having already cemented their spot in the final, India have made five changes from their 41-run win against Sri Lanka.
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India have decided to rest Virat Kohlivice-captain Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj. Tilak Varma is making is ODI debut and he has received his cap from Rohit Sharma. Suryakumar Yadav, Mohammed ShamiShardul Thakur and Prasidh Krishna also made it to the playing XI. Both Varma and Prasidh are not part of the World Cup squad; perhaps India feel it’s a good idea to get them some match practice in case a spot in the squad opens up through injury. For Bangladesh, Tanzim Shakib is making his ODI debut.
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Playing XIs
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Lokesh Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar PatelShardul Thakur, Mohammad Shami, Prasidh Krishna
Bangladesh Playing XI: Litton Das (wk), Tanzid Hasan, Anamul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan (c), Towhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman
Follow highlights of India vs Bangladesh from Colombo below.
Match EndedAsia Cup, 2023 – Super Four – Match 6
India
259 (49.5)
vs
Bangladesh
265/8 (50.0)
Match Ended ( Day – Super Four – Match 6 )
Bangladesh beat India by 6 runs
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India vs Bangladesh Weather Report
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First published on: 15-09-2023 at 11:55 IST
