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The Big Picture
Cricket-mad Bangladesh is presently going bananas for football. The continuous FIFA World Cup is not just being viewed however commemorated at every corner in a country where the sport policies much of the conversation. Checking out Indian players were welcomed by Brazilian as well as Argentine flags in the building ignoring the training school in Dhaka. For the first home collection of the period for the BCB, there was little cricketing stuff. International cricket, also India’s first ODI in Bangladesh in 7 years, needed to be played as an additional follower preferred sport.
Bangladesh is qualified to play in next year’s ODI World Cup, but they won’t intend to put the throttle down. India, with their elders back in the team, will certainly be wanting to do well in the residence World Cup next October, despite the fact that the collection is not part of the ODI Super Organization.
Rohit Sharma is back as India’s ODI captain, with KL Rahul as his replacement. Virat Kohli is additionally back in the group. The return of celebrity players in this style recommends that India are beginning to plan for next year, after they fielded an inferior team for the just recently ended tour of New Zealand.
It additionally implies that the likes of Ishan Kishan, Rajat Patidar and Rahul Tripathi may not obtain as much of an opportunity as there are plenty of big names in the leading as well as center order. With Mohammad Shami ruled out of ODIs and some all-rounders like Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahal using a slow Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium pitch, it will likewise be interesting to see just how India balance their team.
Bangladesh will be without two star players. Tamim Iqbal, the normal ODI captain, that was earlier taken out from the collection with a groin injury, as well as Taskin Ahmed, that was ruled out of the collection with a back injury.
Both gamers are in good form for the ODIs. Tamim has actually led his group to a straight World Cup berth while scoring crucial runs, while Taskin is viewed as the secret to the speed strike these days. Liton Das, that will certainly lead the hosts, will additionally need to play a vital duty with the bat versus a solid Indian bowling strike.
Liton will rely upon senior citizens like Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah, while the similarity Afif Hussain, Yasir Ali as well as Anamul Haque will certainly be expected to play in their particular settings.
Mustafizur Rahman, that made the breakthrough in India’s last ODI collection in Bangladesh in 2015, should now lead the assault, sharing duties with Hasan Mahmood as well as Ebadu Hussain. This year, Mehidy Hasan Miraz has actually taken up the obstacle, often proving to be handy when the chips are down.
India will not want to take Bangladesh lightly this time around, particularly at home where the hosts have not lost a bilateral ODI collection given that losing to England in October 2016. Bangladesh, on the other hand, will certainly be depending on their seasoned players to obtain them via.
Form guide
Bangladesh： WLLWW (last 5 suits, newest one ahead).
India： LWWLW.
In the spotlight
Virat Kohli is 30 runs short of coming to be the second abroad batsman to rack up 1000 runs in ODIs in Bangladesh, where he averages 80.83. Having been in warm type in T20s just recently, there is no better place for Kohli to get his rhythm back in ODIs, where he has actually averaged 21.87 in 8 suits this year.
Liton Das has scored 500 runs in ODIs this year at an average of 62.50. This time there is an added responsibility of leading the team in Tamim’s lack. It will interest see how he copes with the brand-new test. The captaincy of Bangladesh has actually ended up being rather high nowadays.
Team Information
Shakib batting at No. 3 must reduce Tamim’s absence. It will certainly likewise enable Bangladesh to play another guy, which is mainly Yasir Ali. Taskin is also out, which suggests Ebado can obtain approval as a result of his rate.
Bangladesh (possible). 1. Liton Das (captain), 2. Anamul Haque, 3. Shakib Al Hasan, 4. Mushfiqur Rahim (replacement), 5. Mahmudullah, 6. Afif Hussain, 7. Yasir Ali, 8. Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 9. Hasan Mahmud, 10. Mustafizur Rahman, 11. Ebadu Hussain.
With Shami ruled out of the collection on the eve of the first ODI, young pacer Umraan Malik was composed in as a replacement. Unless India determine to begin Kuldeep Sen, both Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar are most likely to play. India’s batsmen are back to full toughness.
India (possible). 1 Rohit Sharma (captain), 2 Shikir Dhawan, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Sreyas Iyer, 5 KL Rahul, 6 Rishabh Pant (rotation), 7 Washington Sundar, 8 Axar Patel, 9 Shardul Thakur, 10 Deepak Chahar, 11 Mohammad Siraj.
Pitch and also conditions
This will certainly be a common Mirpur pitch, however not the sort of raging turn we usually see in Test cricket. shere Bangla Arena last hosted an ODI in May 2021, yet the pitch will mainly produce high scores in the initial innings of batting. Dhaka has a little cooler temperatures and also no rain in the projection.
Stats and trivia
- Liton now has the most runs (1703) in Bangladesh in any kind of fiscal year and also is the second highest run-scorer in 2022 behind Babar Azam.
- Bangladesh have won only 5 ODIs against India since 1988. They defeated India the last time both groups satisfied in 2015.