The bruised Men in Blue take on Bangladesh as Litton Das-led side won the toss and opted to bat first in the second ODI of the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday (December 7).
India skipper Rohit Sharma made two changes in the playing XI as Umran Malik and Axar Patel have been brought in as Shahbaz and injuryed Kuldeep Sen sit out of the second ODI. Kuldeep Sen complained of back stiffness following the first ODI against Bangladesh on Sunday. The BCCI Medical Team assessed him and has advised him rest. He was not available for selection for the second ODI.
“We have to play good cricket and I hope bowling first now, we can restrict them to a decent score and bat well. We have two changes. Axar Patel is back and he replaces Shahbaz Ahmed. Kuldeep Sen is not available for selection, so we have got Umran Malik in place of him. Going back to the drawing board and understanding how we need to play on this conditions, just the basic talk about what we need to do with the bat and how to handle certain bowlers. Had good training session yesterday, and hopefully we can come out and replicate those learnings,” India captain Rohit said after the toss.
Bangladesh skipper Litton Das said," We would like to bat first. Looks a good wicket, last game we saw it was difficult to bat in the second innings. We have one change. Nasum is playing and Hasan Mahmud is not playing. The boys are pumped up for this contest."
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik.
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Najmul Hossain Shanto, Litton Das(c), Anamul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mahmudullah, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nasum Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman
Pitch report
The Sher-e-Bangla National stadium provides a balanced wicket, allowing both teams to benefit from the conditions. Spin bowlers will be a crucial component in the middle stages of the game, as the pitch begins to offer more assistance to those turning the ball.
"There was grip, turn and bounce for the spinners in the first game. Today we are playing on pitch number 8. It's a lot more brown. Could allow the batters a bit more time in playing their strokes. Still a good pitch to bat on, but you need to apply yourselves like KL and Litton did in the first game," Anjum Chopra analysed the pitch.
Average 1st innings score:
The average first-innings score on this wicket is 230 runs.
Record of chasing teams:
The team batting second has great records here. They have maintained a winning percentage of 60 on this ground.
