India’s star opener Shikhar Dhawan exuded confidence in the team that will bounce back in the second ODI against Bangladesh in the three-match ODI series. India lost its first ODI against Bangladesh after seven years which came in the year 2015.
Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, the batsman said that the team has analyzed the mistakes made in the first ODI and will look to create more impact in the second ODI to be played at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday.
“We are very confident about tomorrow’s game. It is not the first time we have lost the first game in the series. We know how to come back in the series. It was a low-scoring game and they pulled things off in the last. Pulled back. Which doesn’t happen often. We analyzed where we need to improve. Definitely we will create more impact in tomorrow’s game. If you look at the last match it was quite interesting, we put things back Pulled off but he played well to end up winning which doesn’t happen often,” Dhawan said.
The India opener talked about recovering from the loss in the last game and said the second game would be a fresh start.
The 2nd ODI between India and Bangladesh will begin at 11:30 AM (IST).
The 2nd ODI between India and Bangladesh can be viewed on Sony Sports Network. Viewers can follow the live coverage of Bangladesh vs India – 1st ODI on Sony Sports Ten 5 (English), Sony Sports Ten 3 (Hindi) and Sony Sports Ten 4 (Tamil & Telugu) channels. The live streaming of the 1st ODI between India and Bangladesh will be available on SonyLiv app.
The forecast for Wednesday is for clear skies with no threat of weather-induced disruptions.
squads
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Rajat Patidar, Rahul Tripathi, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Sen, Umran Malik, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammad Siraj
Bangladesh: Liton Kumar Das, Anamul Haig Bijoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Yasir All Chowdhury, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmood, Ebadat Hossain Chowdhary, Nasum Ahmed, Mahmood Ullah, Najmul Hossain Shanto , Kazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shorful Islam.
*With inputs from agencies
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