Bangladesh battles against unchanged India in must-win game

The toss seemed inconsequential as both captains had conflicting strategies in mind. Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto preferred to bowl first to take advantage of potential dew later on, while India captain Suryakumar Yadav wanted to test his bowlers with a wet ball by choosing to bat first. Ultimately, Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bowl first, setting the stage for an exciting match ahead.

In its latest avatar, Delhi has become a high-scoring T20 venue, a far cry from the slow and low pitch it used to be. So in usual course of events, it makes sense to want to bowl first if it is a must-win game for you. However, confoundingly, during the IPL, five sides won the toss and decided to chase only to lose the game.

Bangladesh made one change, bringing back the highly impressive Tanzim Hasan, who was the pick of their bowlers at the T20 World Cup earlier this year. Left-arm quick Shoriful Islam missed out. India retained the XI that won comfortably in the series opener is Gwalior.

India 1 Sanju Samson (wk), 2 Abhishek Sharma, 3 Suryakumar Yadav (capt.), 4 Nitish Kumar Reddy, 5 Hardik Pandya, 6 Riyan Parag, 7 Rinku Singh, 8 Washington Sundar, 9 Mayank Yadav, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Varun Chakravarthy

Bangladesh 1 Parvez Hossain Emon, 2 Litton Das (wk), 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt.), 4 Towhid Hridoy, 5 Mahmudullah, 6 Jaker Ali, 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 8 Rishad Hossain, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Tanzim Hasan, 11 Mustafizur Rahman