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2nd ODI against Bangladesh at Mirpur

India win toss, opt to bat

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Update: 2015-06-21 04:39:00
India win toss, opt to bat

DHAKA: India have won the toss and decided to bat first in the second One-Day International (ODI) in the three-match series at the Sher-E-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur on Sunday.

The day night match will kick off at 3:00pm (local time).

India have dropped Ajinkya Rahane, Umesh Yadav and Mohit Sharma.  Ambati Rayudu, Axar Patel and Dhawal Kulkarni joined the team. Bangladesh remain unchanged.

Arafat Sunny may only get a look in if there's a last-minute injury or the team management sees something different in the Mirpur pitch. Mominul Haque and Rony Talukdar are likely to bide their time in the bench.

Rohit Sharma, at the pre-match press conference, didn't give any indication of India pondering changes. Dhoni had also said after the first ODI that he thought they bowled to their strengths.

But Stuart Binny is an option if India want a longer batting line-up and a tight medium-pacer. Dhawal Kulkarni is also around if they want to experiment.

Bangladesh are on their longest winning streak at home - nine games. They beat Zimbabwe 5-0 and Pakistan 3-0 before taking the 1-0 lead over India. Their previous best run was from November 30 to December 17, 2006.

Earlier on Thursday, Bangladesh pulls off a shock 79-run over two-time world champion India in the first match, trailing the visitors 0-1 in the series.

Bangladesh Team
Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Litton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim†, Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza*, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman

India Team
S Dhawan, RG Sharma, V Kohli, AT Rayudu, SK Raina, MS Dhoni*†, RA Jadeja, R Ashwin, AR Patel, B Kumar, DS Kulkarni


Umpires - Sharfuddoula and RJ Tucker
TV umpire - Anisur Rahman
Match referee - AJ Pycroft
Reserve umpire - Gazi Sohel

BDST: 1440 HRS, JUN 21, 2015
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