IND vs BAN, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, Toss Report: BAN Won The Toss and Decided to Bat First

The toss for the showdown against neighbors India and Bangladesh took place, and Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first.

The hosts, India, remain undefeated in the tournament so far, clinching three out of three wins, and will be looking to follow up on a historic win against arch-rivals Pakistan thereby extending their undefeated streak against them in the World Cups to eight games.

The Men in Blue are second in the table, right behind leaders New Zealand, with a net run-rate of +1.821.

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Bangladesh started their World Cup campaign with a win against Afghanistan on October 7 but lost their next two matches against England and New Zealand.

They are currently placed in sixth place in the points table, with a net run-rate of -0.699 and are in desperate need of a win to keep their World Cup campaign alive.

Bangladesh’s task becomes significantly more difficult as skipper Shakib Al Hasan is ruled out, with the star all-rounder set to have a fitness test just hours before Thursday’s match. Najmul Hossain Shanto steps in as the captain for today.

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Captain’s Comments:

Rohit Sharma (IND): I would have bowled first. It’s working at this point of time, don’t see any reason to change it. That’s important in this WC, keeping everybody in good space. The boys are in good shape, good mental space as well and enjoying the cricket. So far so good, we want to continue this momentum, Same team.

Najmul Hossain Shanto (BAN): Proud moment for me and my family. We’d like to bat today. Looks a fresh wicket. If we put some good score, it’ll be good for the team. He (Shakib) is struggling a bit, Nasum is coming in for him. We have some great memories against India, hopefully we continue our form. I hope it’ll be a great match. We love to see the crowd, hopefully they’ll support both teams. Hasan comes in for Taskin.

Playing XIs:

India:

Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

Bangladesh:

Litton Das, Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Nasum Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam