Bangladesh have won the crucial toss and captain Shakib Al Hasan says they will bowl first against India in the World Cup opener.
Winning the toss at the Mirpur National Cricket Stadium on Saturday, Shakib said his team was confident ahead of the big game and that he will be pleased to chase a target below 260. Veteran batsman Mohammad Ashraful has been left out of the match.
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said he would have bowled first too had he won the toss because he believed dew could be a big factor.
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said he would have bowled first too had he won the toss because he believed dew could be a big factor.
Of 42 matches played in Mirpur, 27 have been won by the team batting second and only 15 by the team batting first. In day-night games, only three out of 16 matches have been won by teams batting first.
The last 13 games in Mirpur have been won by teams chasing. India won 20 of the 23 matches held between the teams. One match was abandoned.
INDIA: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Munaf Patel, Praveen Kumar, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag, Yusuf Pathan, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan.
BANGLADESH: Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal Khan, Imrul Kayes, Zunaed Siddique, Roqibul Hassan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Naeem Islam, Khan Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam, Rubel Hossain.
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