Dhaka: India opener Shikhar Dhawan scores his third half-century for India in the one-off Test against Bangladesh at Fatullah.

Dhawan was picked ahead of Cheteshwar Pujara in this match and has so far justified his selection. Dhawan made a cautious start but has scored well over a run-a-ball to get to his milestone.

Murali Vijay on the other end is giving him good support, playing every ball at its merit. Dhawan has played some extravagant  shots and has looked in good form as well. He will want to make good use if this start and get yet another big score.

With KL Rahul injured, Dhawan finds himself opening the innings once again. His form had dipped in the latter stages of the Australia tour and as a result was dropped for the final Test against the hosts.

Earlier, India captain Virat Kohli had won the toss and elected to bat first. Harbhajan Singh makes it back into the playing XI after a gap of two years. Wicket keeper Litton Das is making his debut for Bangladesh as their regular wicket keeper Mushfiqur Rahim is playing only in the capacity of a batsman in this game.

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim (c), Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Litton Das (wc), Shuvagata Hom, Jubair Hossain, Taijul Islam, Mohammad Shahid.

India: Shikhar Dhawan, M Vijay, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha (wc), R Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Varun Aaron.