India have already certified for the ultimate of Asia Cup 2023. Bangladesh are not in rivalry. And which means Friday's match between these two sides is a useless rubber. However, with the ODI World Cup lower than a month away, it is an opportunity for each groups to check their bench energy and check out any new mixture they need to.
Things could not have gone in a extra wrong way for Bangladesh. Besides registering only one win within the event thus far, they've additionally had powerful luck with accidents.
With so many first-choice gamers unavailable, Bangladesh could look to check out a brand new mixture. At the identical time, they want to end on a constructive notice as effectively.
India WWWWL (final 5 accomplished ODIs, most up-to-date first)Bangladesh LLWLW
On Thursday, Iyer batted within the nets throughout India's optionally available apply session. If 100% match, he may are available for both Kishan or Rahul. Bumrah may be rested with Mohammed Shami changing him. The pitch may as soon as once more determine if India go together with Shardul Thakur or Axar Patel.
India (possible): 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Shreyas Iyer/KL Rahul, 5 Ishan Kishan (wk), 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Shardul Thakur/Axar Patel, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 Mohammed Shami/Jasprit Bumrah
Bangladesh may contemplate bringing in Tanzid Hasan for Naim and Afif Hossain for Mushfiqur. Litton may don the wicketkeeping gloves.
Bangladesh (possible): 1 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 2 Tanzid Hasan/Mohammad Naim, 3 Litton Das (wk), 4 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 5 Towhid Hridoy, 6 Afif Hossain, 7 Shamim Hossain, 8 Nasum Ahmed, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Shoriful Islam, 11 Hasan Mahmud
With Colombo having hosted 4 video games in six days, count on the pitch to be on the slower facet. There's a slight probability of rain all through the length of the match.
"Personally very happy with the way Hardik [the bowler] has shaped up, something that we worked for a long time. We have been planning on this, managing his workload, making sure he is fit first and is able to achieve what we expect out of him. That you could see in the last game. He has been doing that consistently - hitting that 140kph mark. Once he does that, he is a different bowler. From the team's perspective, he is a wicket-taking option that we have."India's bowling coach Paras Mhambrey on Hardik Pandya
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