Rohit Sharma played a captain’s knock as he went on to make 89 runs in 61 balls, while Suresh Raina scored a quickfire 47 off 30 balls to help India put a respectable 176/3 in 20 overs.
India after 15 overs: 117 for 1 (Rohit Sharma 55*, Suresh Raina 25*)
After Shikhar Dhawan departed on 35 in the 10th over, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina batted sensibly and took India’s score to 117/1 in 15 overs. Rohit Sharma is still going strong on 55, while Raina is not out at 25.
Earlier, Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah won the toss and elected to field against India in the Nidahas Trophy T20 tournament at the R. Premadasa Stadium here on Wednesday.
Both the teams made one change each with India including pacer Mohammed Siraj in place of Jaydev Unadkat while Bangladesh included Abu Hider Rony in place of Taskin Ahmed.
Teams:
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Liton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim (WK), Mahmudullah (Captain), Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan, Rubel Hossain, Abu Hider Rony, Mustafizur Rahman, Nazmul Islam.
India: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Vijay Shankar, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.