Bangladesh to face India in Nidahas Trophy Thursday

The Tigers will begin their Nidahas Trophy battle on Thursday going up against India at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 

The T20I match of the tri-country competition, sorted out honoring the 70th commemoration of Sri Lanka's freedom, will start at 7:30 pm Bangladesh time. 

Rohit Sharma-drove India began their battle in the competition losing to has Sri Lanka by five wickets in the opener on Tuesday. 

Mahmudullah Riyad will commander the Tigers as their standard skipper all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was before precluded of the squad because of finger damage. The Tigers will be guided by their break Head Coach Courtney Walsh without precedent for a worldwide occasion. 

Conversing with columnists on Wednesday, Mahmudullah proposed that his colleagues center around what they can do well and there won't be any space for question when playing against India. 

"There's no uncertainty among us. 

We'll need to center around ourselves and that is what we're endeavoring to do. In the event that you go into this configuration with question, I don't figure it'll benefit you in any way," the captain recommended. 

"Albeit some accomplished players are not playing for India in this competition, still they're sufficiently solid with the squad they have, because of involvement in T20 design in IPL," said Mahmudullah. 

Looking at to a spot in the last, Bangladesh group achieved Sri Lanka on Sunday (March 4) and warmed them up well with a 41-run win in the planning match against Sri Lanka Cricket President XI on Tuesday. 

In the training match, Bangladesh scored 186/5 out of 20 overs with Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah and Liton Kumar Das scoring 65, 43 and 40 runs separately. The Tigers limited their adversaries to 145/10 of every 19 overs where Rubel Hossain (2/19), Taskin Ahmed (2/22) and Nazmul Apu (1/3) shared five wickets. 

Since June 2009, Bangladesh played five T20Is against India and lost on every one of the events. 

Bangladesh Squad: Mahmudullah Riyad (skipper), Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarker, Imrul Kayes, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Abu Haider Rony, Abu Jahed Rahi, Ariful Haque, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Nazmul Islam Apu and Liton Kumar Das. 

India Squad: Rohit Sharma (skipper), Shikhar Dhawan (bad habit commander), KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Vijay Shankar, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammad Siraj and Rishabh Pant. 

Remaining matches of the competition 

Walk 8, 2018 Bangladesh v India R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 

Walk 10, 2018 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 

Walk 12, 2018 Sri Lanka v India R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 

14 March, 2018 Bangladesh v India R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 

Walk 16, 2018 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 

FINAL (two top teams)

March 18, 2018 TBC-vs-TBC R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo