Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and opted to bat first in the Champions Trophy opener clash against India at Dubai International Stadium in Dubai. Bangladesh are featuring with three spinners. India star speedster Mohammed Shami will lead the pace attack alongside Harshit Rana.
India vs Bangladesh ODI head-to-head
India and Bangladesh played 41 ODIs against each other. Out of these 41 games, India have won 32 whereas Bangladesh have come out victorious on 8 occasions . 1 match ended without a result.
Most runs in India vs Bangladesh ODIs
Virat Kohli: 910 runs in 16 innings, Avg: 75.83
Rohit Sharma: 786 runs in 17 innings, Avg: 56.14
Shakib Al Hasan: 751 runs in 21 innings, Avg: 37.55
Captains at Toss
Najmul Hossain Shanto: We would like to bat first. Looks a good wicket so we want to put runs on the board. We played good cricket today and the boys are confident. Three spinners, two spinners for us.
Rohit Sharma at toss: I would have fielded first. We have played a few years back here so we felt ball comes on better under lights. All looking good. Everyone is fit and fine to go. Let's hope we start well. There is no looking back, every game becomes very important in this tournament. Only Varun misses out from the last ODI we played, Jadeja comes back and Arshdeep misses and Shami comes back.
India vs Bangladesh playing XIs
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav