Tigers fighting to corner India with two wickets

Tigers are trying to deepen the scar of favorite India after England, taking two wickets after 35 overs with 212 runs.

Indian opener Rohit Sharma finally got out to part-timer Soumya Sarkar after scoring 104 off just 92 balls against Bangladesh in World Cup 2019 in Edgebaston, Birmingham on Tuesday.

Earlier, Rohit and KL Rahul utilized the opening power-play of the innings and gave India a flying start, after Rohit was dropped by Tamim Iqbal in the fifth over of the innings when he tried to hit Mustafizur Rahman over deep square leg.

Earlier, India captain Virat Kohli had won the toss and elected to bat first.

Bangladesh have made two changes to their line-up - pacer Rubel Hossain comes in for Mehidy Hasan and Sabbir Rahman replaces Mahmudullah Riyad, who failed to pass the fitness test for his calf-tear sustained during the Afghanistan game.

On the other hand, India also made two changes - Bhuvneshwar Kumar comes in for Kuldeep Yadav.

It’s a do or die situation for Bangladesh in the ongoing 2019 World Cup as Tigers face India in their second last group stage match.

The equation is simple yet tough for Bangladesh as they need to win both of their remaining matches in the World Cup, against India in Birmingham and against Pakistan at Lords on Friday, to stay alive in the contention of sealing a spot for the semifinal round.

Playing Xis:

Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wkt), Liton Das, Sabbir Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman

India: Virat Kohli (capt), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (wkt), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah: 

Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI), Marais Erasmus (RSA)

TV umpire: Aleem Dar (PAK)

Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)

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