By Kaif - Feb 20, 2025 02:54 PM
Why Arshdeep Singh is not playing against Bangladesh?: Indian team's first match in ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is against Bangladesh. This match is at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. In this match, Bangladesh team is batting first after winning the toss. Rohit Sharma is captaining the Indian team in the match, while Nazmul Hussain Shanto is in charge of the Bangladeshi team.
Indian team's playing-11 has been revealed for this match. The Indian team led by Rohit Sharma has entered the field with 4 specialist batsmen, wicketkeeper batsman, 1 batting all-rounder, 2 spin bowling all-rounders, 2 specialist fast bowlers and 1 specialist spinner in this match.
Kuldeep Yadav has joined the team as a specialist spinner in the playing-11. In such a situation, mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty had to sit out. Left-arm fast bowler Arshdeep Singh did not get a chance in the match. It was expected that Arshdeep Singh would be a part of this match, but the team management thought it better to go with Harshit Rana.
Rohit said, "I would have fielded first. We have played here a few years ago, so we felt the ball comes better under lights. Everything looks good. Everyone is fit and ready to play. Hopefully we will have a good start. There is no looking back, every game becomes very important in this tournament. In the last ODI we played, only Varun was out, Jadeja came back, Arshdeep did not come and Shami came back."
Bangladesh (BAN) Confirmed Playing 11: 1. Tanzid -Hasan, 2. Soumya Sarkar, 3. Najmul Hossain-Shanto(C), 4. Mushfiqur Rahim(WK), 5. Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 6. Tawhid Hridoy, 7. Jaker Ali(WK), 8. Rishad- Hossain, 9. Tanzim Sakib, 10. Mustafizur Rahman, 11. Taskin Ahmed
India (IND) Confirmed Playing 11: 1. Rohit Sharma(C), 2. Shubman Gill, 3. Virat Kohli, 4. Shreyas Iyer, 5. Lokesh Rahul(WK), 6. Hardik Pandya, 7. Axar Patel, 8. Ravindra Jadeja, 9. Harshit Rana, 10. Mohammed Shami, 11. Kuldeep Yadav
Also Read: India (IND) Schedule and Squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2025
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