After Sunday’s opening ODI, Kuldeep Sen had some back discomfort. For the second ODI, Umran Malik will be taking his position.
On Wednesday at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh captain Litton Das won the toss, and his team would bat first against India in the second of three One-Day Internationals. In order to improve their chances of winning the crucial match, India made a few substitutions. “We’re making two adjustments. Axar Patel has replaced Shahbaz Ahmed and has returned. Umran Malik will replace Kuldeep Sen on the squad while Kuldeep Sen is unavailable. We need to go back to the drawing board and figure out how to play in these conditions. This means having simple conversations about how to use the bat and how to deal with specific bowlers. We had a productive training session yesterday; let’s put it to use! “After India won the toss, captain Rohit Sharma declared.
The reasons for Kuldeep’s exclusion were explained in further depth later by BCCI. “After Sunday’s opening one-day international, Kuldeep Sen experienced some back soreness. After examining him, the BCCI medical staff recommended he take it easy for a while. For the second One-Day International, he was unavailable “Twitter from the BCCI.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz helped the home team of Bangladesh beat India by one wicket in Mirpur. India’s storied batting lineup will be looking to turn the page after a disheartening loss in the second one-day international. Having dropped the first one-day international under Rohit Sharma’s leadership, India now has a must-win situation on its hands.
There’s no denying that a star-studded batting team needs to take more responsibility, especially when Indian spinners failed to snag the last wicket when Bangladesh needed more than 50 runs.
Bangladesh captain Litton Das made these remarks before the toss: “To start the game, we’d prefer to bat. This appears to be a strong batting surface, albeit the second innings of the last game we witnessed was a struggle. Just one tweak is needed. At the moment, only Nasum is performing on stage, whereas Hasan Mahmud is not. The guys can’t wait to get started in this competition.”
Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Litton Das, Anamul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (w), Mahmudullah, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nasum Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, and Nasum Ahmed round out the Bangladeshi starting eleven.
The Indian team consists of Rohit Sharma (captain), Shikhar Dhawan (VP), Virat Kohli (VC), Shreyas Iyer (wk), KL Rahul (c), Washington Sundar (VC), Axar Patel (VC), Shardul Thakur (VC), Deepak Chahar (VC), Mohammed Siraj (VC), and Umran Malik.
