Bangladesh win toss, bat against India in Champions Trophy

Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and chose to bat against India to launch the teams’ Champions Trophy campaigns on Thursday in Dubai.

India are playing their matches in the 50-over tournament in the United Arab Emirates after refusing to tour hosts Pakistan over political tensions.

Bangladesh are underdogs in Group A, which also includes Pakistan and New Zealand.

Bangladesh named three seamers, led by young pace sensation Nahid Rana, and two spinners.

India, captained by Rohit Sharma, made two changes from their last ODI win against England in a 3-0 sweep last week.

Pace bowler Mohammed Shami and left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja come in for Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakravarthy.

New Zealand beat Pakistan by 60 runs in Karachi on Wednesday to open the tournament.

Bangladesh: Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman.

India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav.

Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (RSA), Paul Reiffel (AUS) TV

Umpire: Richard Illingworth (ENG)

Match Referee: David Boon (AUS)