Tilak Varma made his debut in one-day internationals as India, winning the toss and choosing to field first, rested a bunch of senior players and announced five changes to their playing XI against Bangladesh in the final Asia Cup Super 4 encounter, in Colombo on Friday. (More Cricket News)
Seamers Mohammed Shami, Prasidh Krishna, all-rounder Shardul Thakur and middle-order🏅 batter Suryakumar Yadav also made their way into the side with Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya,🔜 Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav being rested for the dead rubber.
India have already qualified for the fina💝l, where they will face Sri Lanka on Sunday. The hosts advanced to the summit clash after beating Paki🎀stan in a last-ball rain-curtailed thriller on Thursday night.
Meanwhile, middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer missed his third consecutive match due to injury, as the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said he "has shown improvement but is not yet fully fit.&quoꩲt;
Bangladesh too made wholesale changes to their playing XI, b𓂃ut most of them forced, with multiple injuries to key players including Tamim Iqbal, Ebadot Hossain☂ and Najmul Hossain Shanto.
Wicketkeeper-bat𓃲ter Mushfiqur Rahim is unavailable for the match as he went back home to be with his wife and new-born child.
Fast bowler Tanzim Hasan Sakib makes hi♛s debut for Bangladesh on Friday.
Teams:
India: Rohit Sharma 🌊(c), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Sh🎉ardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Prasidh Krishna.
Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (c), 🐭Litton Das (wk), Tanzid Hasan, Anamul Haque, Towhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan S🎀akib, Mustafizur Rahman.
