The Group 2 encounter between India and Bangladesh is a very important match for both teams if they want to secure a semifinal berth in the competition.
After losing against New Zealand in the first match of the tournament, India bounced back superbly by winning the second game against arch-rivals Pakistan at the Eden Gardens. While the bowling is doing a superb job, the Indian top-order is not delivering a good performance.
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On the other hand, Bangladesh have lost both their matches and are at the bottom of Group 2. With another loss, they will surely be knocked out of the tournament. The Tigers need to show some resistance and have to improve in all the departments. They were poor in the field against Australia, something which potentially cost them the match and 2 points.
The Indian’s are confident after their last match but they have to be aware of Bangladesh, who are known as giant killers in the cricketing world.
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India vs Bangladesh 2016 LIVE Streaming Details
TV Channel: Star Sports 1, HD1 (English) and 3, HD3 (Hindi)
Online Stream: www.starsports.com, Hotstar App
Match Date: 23 March 2016, Wednesday
Match Time: 19.30 IST, 14.00 GMT
Match Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Team News
Indian Team
Since Mahendra Singh Dhoni does not like to make sweeping changes whatever the situation, the Indians could even go in unchanged. The Bangalore track will be much more batting friendly than the one in Kolkata and the Indian batting line-up will get the chance to get some form back in the match.
Bangladesh Team
Bangladesh might have to change their batting line-up as their star opener Tamim Iqbal is unwell. They have also endured a setback in the form of pacer Taskin Ahmed, who was earlier banned by ICC following illegal bowling action.
Teams (Predicted XI)
India Squad
Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (C) (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra
Bangladesh Squad
Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim (WK), Nasir Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza (C), Al-Amin Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Saqlain Sajib
Recent Form
India: W-W-W-L-W
Bangladesh: L-W-W-L-L
Key Stats: IND vs BAN
- The average first innings score at the Chinnaswamy in the last Indian Premier League was 199. However, the two matches in the ICC T20 World Cup 2016 has seen teams score 122 and 156 in the first innings.
- Ashwin needs three more wickets to become the first Indian to reach 50 T20I wickets.
- Virat Kohli has scored 1475 runs at the Chinnaswamy Stadium - the most runs by an Indian player at any ground in T20s.
- Dhoni needs five more runs to reach 1000 runs in T20Is.
Pitch & Conditions
The atmosphere at the Chinnaswamy Stadium will be electric with plenty of support for the Indian team. The pitch is a flat batting track with a bit of assistance for the spinners and the batsmen could be looking to exploit the shorter boundaries.
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