IND VS BAN 1st ODI Live Score: The first match of the three ODI series between India and Bangladesh will be played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka (Mirpur) on Sunday. The match will start at 11.30. Bangladesh tour is very important for many players of Team India after the humiliating defeat in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup and the subsequent 1-0 defeat in the ODI series against New Zealand. Senior players have returned to Team India for this series. Bangladesh, on the other hand, suffered a blow as captain Tamim Iqbal was ruled out of the series due to injury while pacer Taskin Ahmed missed the first ODI due to a recurring back problem.
IND vs BAN 1st ODI Live Updates
The team batting first averages 226 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. India’s highest score here is 370-4. Experts say that in today’s match, the team batting first can give a target of around 280-300 runs. The chasing team has won 59 out of 113 times at this ground. The team winning the toss would prefer to bat later.
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul have returned to the team for the Bangladesh tour. However, fast bowler Mohammed Shami had to be pulled out at the last moment due to injury. Umran Malik has been included in his place.
Bangladesh has appointed wicketkeeper-batsman Liton Das as the captain of the team for the three-match ODI series against India.
India Predicted Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar, Umran Malik, Mohammad Siraj
Bangladesh Predicted Playing XI: Liton Das (c), Najmul Hossain Shanto, Anamul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Afif Hossain, Shakib Al Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Hasan Mahmood, Mustafizur Rahman, Ebadot Hossain
The pitch at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka has been favorable to the batsmen. Spin does get some help though. The pitch will be a bit slow and it will not be easy to play quick shots. The weather in Mirpur is expected to be hot and clear. According to weather.com, the temperature will be 29 degree Celsius. The humidity will be 57% and the chance of rain is only 4%.
Posted By: Arvind Dubey