GUWAHATI, Feb 20: Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and elected to bat first in their Champions Trophy 2025 opener against India in Dubai.
The toss, had it gone Indian skipper Rohit Sharma’s way, however, would have made no difference with the Indian captain stating that he would have fielded first.
India have left out Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakravarty from the playing eleven while including pacer Harshit Rana who made his 50-overs debut in the recent ODI series against England.
Playing XIs:
INDIA: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
BANGLADESH: Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mushfiqur Rahim, Jaker Ali, Towhid Hridoy, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Tanzim Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman
