DHAKA: Heavy rain has stopped the second match of India-Bangladesh One-Day International (ODI) being played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday.
The second One Day International (ODI) match between Bangladesh and India match was scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm Tuesday at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
Before the rain, India scored 14 runs losing a wicket after 5.2 overs while Mashrafe Mortaza took the wicket of AM Rahane in his very first over.
Bangladesh won the toss and chosen to field. Stuart Binny is in for Parvez Rasool, for India. Two debutants for Bangladesh, meanwhile. Mithun Ali comes in for Mominul Haque, and Taskin Ahmed replaces Abdur Razzak. Mithun and Taskin are the 111th and 112th players to play ODIs for Bangladesh.
Dhaka has experienced sweltering heat over the last few days, interrupted by spells of heavy rain such as the one that shortened the first ODI. The forecast for Tuesday is no different, with expected maximum temperatures in the high 30s and periodic downpours predicted.
After Sunday's duck, Cheteshwar Pujara now has a total of 13 runs in three ODIs. His career in blue hasn't taken off the way he will have wanted it to, and the rough lbw decision that he got against Shakib Al Hasan - the ball looked to be heading over the top of the stumps - will have compounded his frustration. All he will be asking for on Tuesday is to be able to settle in, because he surely has the game to score runs batting in the top three.
Over 50% of Anamul Haque's ODI runs have come in boundaries, and he finds them with attractive shots all around the ground, but his career strike rate is only 70.32. His 44 on Sunday was a microcosm of his ODI career. He struck seven fours, but failed to score off 38 of the other 53 balls he faced. He must try and come up with ways to rotate the strike better.
Bangladesh's new-ball bowlers didn't make any impression on India's openers on Sunday, and they may as a result want to add more firepower to their seam attack. This could mean that they play Taskin Ahmed, who is reputed to bowl at express pace, and leave out the allrounder Ziaur Rahman.
Bangladesh Squad
Mushfiqur Rahim*, Abdur Razzak, Al-Amin Hossain, Anamul Haque, Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mithun Ali, Mominul Haque, Nasir Hossain, Shamsur Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Sohag Gazi, Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed, Ziaur Rahman.
India Squad
SK Raina*, STR Binny, KM Jadhav, A Mishra, Parvez Rasool, AR Patel, CA Pujara, AM Rahane, AT Rayudu, WP Saha, MM Sharma, MK Tiwary, RV Uthappa, R Vinay Kumar, UT Yadav.
BDST: 1417 HRS, JUN 17, 2014
