The loss against South Africa shouldn’t shatter the confidence of India as they look to seal the semifinal spot. The clash against Bangladesh more or less seals the deal for Bangladesh albeit their clash against Zimbabwe is also important for them. Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan’s statement of ‘not here to win World Cup’ showcases the confidence in Bangladesh.
The bowling looks more settled than the batting for Bangladesh. Their prime bowler Taskin Ahmed is in red hot form winning two POM awards already.
Coming to India, their batting needs to click in unison. There is a lot of pressure on KL Rahul. We need to see how he responds to that. India will also look to bring in Rishabh Pant and Yuzvendra Chahal. Dinesh Karthik is injured and the team management might not want to rush him. The leg spin might come in handy for India against Bangladesh which generally struggles against leg spin.
Possible playing XI: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Dinesh Karthik/Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh.
