The last time the two teams clashed, there were sparks. The men in blue have gone in with quite a few all-rounders besides Yuvraj. They will surely draw inspiration from the memories of the historic success. Parthiv will soon join India squad in Bangladesh. “Unless we have a decision we can not sit down and make a concrete plan”, Kohli said. But the one positive fact for India is that 3 of these 5 loses have come in T20Is. As it is obvious in the ICC T20 rankings, India has a much better recent record in the shortest format of the game than Bangladesh.
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India will launch their Asia Cup campaign against Bangladesh on February 24. The offie has been warming the bench since last six T20I matches. He generally plays in the top order, but has been listed at No. 8.
“It gives us different opportunities to assess what the teams are like, what the balance is like, their strengths and weaknesses are and where do we stand against them”. The players have a lot of experience.
India has been facing some problems with the fitness of their captain MS Dhoni who is suffering from back spasms but the team management has been saying that he is recovering well. Nothing about his participation in the game tomorrow has been confirmed so far. Parthiv Patel has already been called as the wicket-keeper batsman’s replacement. Nursing back spasms, Dhoni’s availability for the match at Mirpur tomorrow is not clear with his vice-captain Virat Kohli also refraining from giving a clear response.
“If we don’t qualify then there will be questions whether we’re good enough to handle pressure at home”. Bangladesh Premier League revelation Abu Hider Rony and Taskin Ahmed might have to sit this one out.
Spinner Mahmudullah got in on the act next and tricked Suresh Raina with a attractive delivery.
‘There are chances of him not being fit also, if he has some other kind of injury, he may not feature, that’s fair enough.
Both Dhoni and Kohli have enormous faith in their players.
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There was a general feeling that the hosts would prepare a green wicket as they would try to hit the Indian batting line up by their battery of talented pacers. Where as Bangladesh will get the home advantage as the Asia cup is taking place in Bangladesh and they are tough side to beat when they are playing in their home country.
