Captain Rohit Sharma received the toss as India elected to bat first in opposition to Bangladesh in their solely T20 World Cup 2024 warm-up match in New York on Saturday, June 1. Virat Kohli arrived at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium to start out preparations for the sport however missed out on India’s playing eleven.
Rohit revealed that Virat arrived only a day earlier than the apply match and wanted the remaining earlier than India’s opening sport in opposition to Ireland on June 5. Kohli was noticed having talks with Rohit and head coach Rahul Dravid simply earlier than the toss and likewise did some gentle coaching along with his teammates.
“We will bat,” Rohit stated after successful the toss. “Not for any particular reason, conditions here look a bit challenging. Virat has just arrived yesterday, he’s going to miss out, the rest are all available and we’ll see how to use them. We arrived quite early, so the body clock has adjusted, we just have to see how well we can adjust to these conditions.”
Meanwhile, Bangladesh skipper Najmul Shanto made two massive modifications to their beginning eleven with star tempo bowlers Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed lacking out on the beginning eleven as a result of prolonged relaxation.
“We would have bowled, we’ll have to adjust the conditions and I want to know how the bowlers do,” Shanto stated. “The boys have enjoyed themselves so far here, we are going to play with 13 players – Taskin and Mustafizur have been rested.”
Notably, in a shock transfer, the wicketkeeper batter Sanju Samson opened an innings with Rohit Sharma. Yashasvi Jaiswal may function in the center order with Kohli lacking out because the administration assessments numerous combos in their closing preparations.Â
Kohli is additionally in rivalry to open an innings in the World Cup after a stellar efficiency in the IPL 2024. The RCB star bagged the Orange Cap for scoring the best 741 runs at a strike fee of over 150 as an opener. Fans are additionally to see who dons the wicketkeeping gloves with in-form Sanju Samson and Rishabh Pant battling for the spot.
