India needs to win the 2nd ODI against Bangladesh that will take place today in order to level the series 1-1 today.
Good start for Dhoni though as he wins the toss and India bats first. Looks like Dhoni is annoyed with the playing eleven that played the first ODI.
Dhoni said after the toss: “We will bat first. There is no possibility of rain.
“They will be eyeing a series win now, so that puts pressure on them now.
“Of course we are under pressure as well. The spinners did well in the last game, but I felt our fast bowlers weren’t up to the mark.”
Dhoni did three changes to the Indian team that failed to chase the 300 plus total that Bangladesh put up to them in the first ODI.
The Bangladesh bowlers did very well to restrict the famed Indian batting line up to just 196/8.
Rain stopped play. But the good news is that the covers are coming off and play will resume soon.
The overs will surely get reduced. Follow live scores here.
A Rahane, Umesh Yadav and Mohit Sharma have been dropped. Axar, Dhawal and Rayudu replace them.
Bangla skipper Mortaza wanted to bat as well. He is hopeful that the wicket doesn’t change later on.
Catch all the action live on Star Sports i you are in India. Star Sports will also be live streaming the match at its official website www.starsports.com here.
Viewers in Bangladesh can watch the match live on BTV.
Pitch Report:
Sanjay Manjrekar things there is not much change in the track compared to the previous ODI. It looks like a batting pitch and there will be assistance for the fast bowlers too.
Teams:
India: Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Virat Kohli, Ambati Rayudu, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Dhawal Kulkarni
Bangladesh: Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Litton Das, Rubel Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman