BSP-22 Bangladesh opts to bowl first in first T20 against India

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Bangladesh opts to bowl first in first T20 against India

NEW DELHI, Nov 3, 2019 (BSS)-Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah Riyad won
the toss and chose to bowl first in the three-match T20 series opener against
India at Arun Jaietly Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday.

The Tigers handed debut to Mohammad Naim, a tall left-handed opening
batsman who was the second highest run-getter in the 2019 Dhaka Premier
League.

Naim recently made two fifties in Bangladesh A’s turnaround one-day
series win over Sri Lanka in October.

This is the match, Bangladesh is playing after the two years ban of
Shakib Al Hasan who failed to report corrupt approaches of bookies and
thereby breached the code of conduct of ICC.

Bangladesh is also without the service of key player Tamim Iqbal and
Mohammad Saifuddin.

However, Aminul Islam Biplob, the leg-spinner who impressed on his debut
with a four-wicket haul against Zimbabwe in tri-series T20 tournament in
Bangladesh before sustaining an injury came back into the side.

“It’s a great opportunity for other guys to step up in absence of Shakib
and Tamim,” Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah said after the toss.

India captain Rohit Sharma said he also would like to bowl first if he
won the toss.

“We would have bowled first as well considering the dew factor,” Rohit
said.

“We will have to access the wicket at the start to see what the fighting
score is. This is an opportunity to test out players who have done well in
domestic cricket. We have gone with three spinners, two medium-pacers and an
all-rounder in Dube.”

Line Ups:

Bangladesh: Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Naim, Mushfiqur
Rahim(wicket-keeper), Mahmudullah(captain), Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain,
Aminul Islam, Shafiul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain

India: Rohit Sharma(captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Shreyas
Iyer, Rishabh Pant(wicket-keeper), Krunal Pandya, Shivam Dube, Washington
Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Deepak Chahar, K Khaleel Ahmed

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