Bangladesh need 167-run to beat India in Asia Cup opener
Dhaka: Bangladesh need 167-run to beat India in the opening match of the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Wednesday.
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and elected to field first.
India captain MS Dhoni, who had suffered a back spasm during a practice session on Monday, passed a fitness test to remain in charge of his team.
Bangladesh left out Arafat Sunny, Nasir Hossain, Nurul Hasan and Abu Hider from their 15-man squad.
Harbhajan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Pawan Negi, Ajinkya Rahane and Parthiv Patel were not playing for India.
India:
MS Dhoni (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra, Hardik Pandya.
Bangladesh:
Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Mithun, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Shakib Al Hasan, Al-Amin Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed.
Umpires - Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI) and Shozab Raza (PAK)
TV umpire - Enamul Haque (BAN)
Match referee – Richie Richardson (WI)

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