Bangladesh sent to bat as India hand debuts to two pacers
India awarded caps to pacers Mayank Yadav and Nitish Kumar Reddy, marking their international debuts.
Bangladesh lost the toss and were sent in to bat by India captain Suryakumar Yadav in the first T20I in Gwalior today.
India awarded caps to pacers Mayank Yadav and Nitish Kumar Reddy, marking their international debuts.
Bangladesh also opted for a pace-heavy attack, featuring three pacers alongside two spinners. Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto stated he would have preferred to bowl first on the fresh wicket.
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Opener Tanzid Hasan Tamim made way for Parvez Hossain Emon, while pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib was left on the bench. As expected, Mehedi Hasan Miraz returned to the line-up following the retirement of Shakib Al Hasan.
This is the first international cricket match in Gwalior in 14 years, though the Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Stadium is making its international debut with this fixture.
Bangladesh: 1 Litton Das, 2 Parvez Hossain Emon, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Towhid Hridoy, 5 Mahmadullah, 6 Mehedi Hasan Miraz 7 Jaker Ali, 8 Rishad Hossain, 9 Shoriful Islam, 10 Taskin Ahmed, 11 Mustafizur Rahman.
India: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Sanju Samson, 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Riyan Parag, 5 Nitish Kumar Reddy, 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Rinku Singh, 8 Washington Sundar, 9 Varun Chakravarthy, 10 Mayank Yadav, 11 Arshdeep Singh.
