India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat against Bangladesh in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup warm-up match at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York on Saturday, while also confirming that Virat Kohli missed out on a place in the team for the only practice game before the final event. The match offers India an excellent opportunity to train in similar conditions to those in which they will play three league games against Ireland, Pakistan and the United States.
Coming off a tough series defeat to the USA, Najmul Hossain Shanto’s team will be desperate to piece together a winning plan, whilst also providing a vital warm-up for an Indian team eager to lift the trophy. of the T20 World Cup on June 29.
Speaking at the time of the toss, Rohit explained the reason for Virat’s absence while also revealing that everyone else remained available. He said, “We will bat. Not for any particular reason, the conditions here seem a little challenging. Virat arrived yesterday, he will sit out, the rest are all available and we will see how to make use of him. We arrived quite early, so the biological clock has adjusted, we just have to see to what extent we can adjust to these conditions.”
Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said: “We would have bowled, we will have to adjust the conditions and I want to know how the bowlers are. The boys have had fun so far here, we will play with 13 men – Taskin and Mustafizur are rested.”
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Bangladesh Playing XI: Litton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali(w), Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzid Hasan, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Tanvir Islam.
With ANI inputs
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