Asia Cup 2018: India's expected playing XI against Bangladesh

Indian team started their Asia cup Journey with two consecutive wins in the League stage. India had to slug it out against the minnows Hong Kong for the victory in their first match, but they came back strongly and defeated their arch-rivals Pakistan in pretty convincing fashion in the final group match.

Going into the next stage, India looks like the favourites for winning the tournament. Openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan have continued their good form in white ball cricket as the former scored a fifty against Pakistan and the latter scored a Century in the first game against Hong Kong.

They will continue to be the pivots of this batting line-up in the absence of the Stalwart Virat Kohli. Ambati Rayudu has performed decently in the two opportunities he got in the tournament so far as he scored a fifty in the opening match and remained unbeaten in the easy chase against Pakistan.

Dinesh Karthik who is playing at the much-debated number 4 position in this tournament, failed to capitalise on the opportunity against Hong Kong but in the second match he rectified his errors and remained unbeaten along with Rayudu to see of the Chase.

MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav have got the opportunity to bat only once and were not so impressive. The bowlers after having relatively tough time against Hong Kong came back well to restrict Pakistan to a below par score.

Also, three players have been injured. So, India will be forced to make changes to their playing XI for the upcoming clash against Bangladesh.

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Batsmen and wicketkeeper

Shikhar Dhawan will look continue his good form

Openers - Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan

At number 3 - Ambati Rayudu

At number 4 - Dinesh Karthik

At number 5 - MS Dhoni

At number 6 - Kedar Jadhav

The batting order until number 6 has no issues. The openers are doing their job perfectly and the next two batsmen have finished the game against Pakistan without any hiccups. So, they are certain to retain their spots unless there are any last minute fitness issues. Kedar Jadhav has proved himself as a utility player and in the absence of Hardik Pandya, India will continue to depend on his unorthodox darts.

All-rounder and Bowlers

Best ODI bowler in the World Currently

Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuvvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav

The Indian bowlers have been in good form throughout the year and have been very consistent. They have rattled the South African batsmen in their own backyard as they helped India to win an ODI series for the first time in South Africa.

But in the England tour, the successful quartet was dismantled due to the injuries to both the fast bowlers Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar which dented chances of series victory in England. But, now that four premium white ball bowlers for India are back reunited and with them operating in tandem the opposition batting line-ups are bound to struggle against them.

Ravindra Jadeja who has been called up to the ODI team as a replacement is likely to play his first ODI match in more than a year and is expected to take the place of injured Hardik Pandya in the playing XI.

Expected Playing XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuvvendra Chahal