Injured Shakib still a doubtful starter for India-Bangladesh contest?
The veteran all-rounder suffered a left quad injury in their last outing against New Zealand and remains a doubtful starter for Bangladesh’s next fixture.
The veteran all-rounder suffered a left quad injury in their last outing against New Zealand and remains a doubtful starter for Bangladesh’s next fixture.
The visitors don't have room for complacency and will look to dominate Bangladesh in Dhaka. While India ticked most boxes, the team will hope to see valuable knocks from stand-in captain KL Rahul and batter Virat Kohli.
Bangladesh are now expecting some charisma from their star all rounder Shakib Al Hasan who’s still standing on the crease.
The majority of the team's members were selected for the T20 World Cup in October.
After a dismal run in the game's shortest format, Bangladesh will compete in the Asia Cup. Shakib has been given another chance to captain the team after Mahmudullah's three-year reign came to an end earlier this year.
Bangladesh are leading the three-match series 1-0 going into the game that will be played at the SCA stadium in Rajkot on Thursday.
Gautam Gambhir also appreciated Bangladesh for not making too much fuss about the high level of air pollution in the national capital.
He also insisted that there shouldn't be too much of changing and chopping within the team while preparing for the next year's T20 World Cup.
Reportedly, Shakib Al Hasan was concerned and wanted the ban to be imposed before the India tour so that the players or team didn't get affected by it.
Shakib was on Tuesday found guilty of breaching ICC Anti-Corruption Code and has been banned from all cricket for two years (one year suspended) for not reporting corrupt approaches.