India vs Bangladesh Highlights 1st ODI: Mehidy Hasan powers BAN to one wicket win, lead series 1-0

Bangladesh captain Litton Das wins toss, opts to bowl.

We can see both Rohit Sharma and Litton Das at the center. Toss coming up next.

"It's got to be a batter's paradise" - Anjum Chopra

Among the overseas batters, Virat Kohli is the highest run-scorer in Dhaka. The former India skipper has accumulated 786 runs in 13 innings, which include four hundreds and three fifties.

Umran Malik was a last minute inclusion in the squad as he came in the squad as a replacement for Mohammed Shami. However, it will be interesting to see if he will be fielded in the playing XI.

In the absence of Tamim Iqbal, Litton Das will be leading the Bangladesh unit.   

And now with Taskin also not available for the series opener, Ebadot Hossain and Mustafizur Rahman will spearhead the pace attack.

According to the weather forecast, the sky is expected to remain clear. Temperature is expected to hover around 30 degree Celsius.

Bangladesh, on the other hand, have featured in eight series since 2021, and have lost just two of them.

Their biggest successes came against South Africa and West Indies earlier this year. However, they also went down against Zimbabwe in their last series.

With the management employing a rest and rotation policy, many key players were not fielded during the 50-over encounters.  

Since January 2021, India played 27 ODIs, out of which Kohli played of 11, Rahul 10 while Rohit played 9 matches. 

Shikhar Dhawan, on the other hand, played 25 of those matches.

Bangladesh will miss the service of two key players Tamim Iqbal and Taskin Ahmed. However, the hosts have enough firepower in their squad to stun India.

India endured a tough 0-1 defeat in the three-match ODI series against New Zealand, which also ended India's winning streak that lasted for five series.

Now with Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul back in the side, Team India have a full-strength batting order, heading into the series against Bangladesh. And with less than a year remaining for the 50-over World Cup the Men In Blue will look to take the assignment as part of their preparation for the showpiece event, which will be held in India next year.

With less than 24 hours remaining in the series opener, India pacer Deepak Chahar was jostling hard with Malaysia Airlines to find his missing baggage. 

Well we are not sure if the kit was included but it will be interesting to see if he is fielded in the series opener. 

India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant(w), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Siraj, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Tripathi, Rajat Patidar, Kuldeep Sen, Shahbaz Ahmed, Umran Malik

Bangladesh: Anamul Haque, Litton Das(c), Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Mahmudullah, Nurul Hasan(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Ebadot Hossain, Yasir Ali, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Taskin Ahmed, Nasum Ahmed

Hello and welcome to the LIVE coverage of the first ODI between India and Bangladesh. The match will be played at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka and will start at 11:30 AM IST. The toss for the same will take place at 11:00 AM IST. Stay tuned for LIVE updates!