India are up against neighbours Bangladesh in match 2 of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Thursday, 20 February 2025. (Match Blog | Full Coverage | More Cricket News)

Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat first in Dubai.

India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav

Bangladesh: Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain,ubet95 casino Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman

Najmul Hossain Shanto: "We would like to bat first. It looks like a good wicket, so we want to set a target with runs on the board. We aim to play good cricket today, and the team is feeling confident. We have selected three spinners and two fast bowlers."

Rohit Sharma: "I would have chosen to field first. We played here a few years ago, and we feel the ball performs better under lights. Everything looks good, and everyone is fit and ready to play. Let's hope we start off well. There’s no looking back; every game is crucial in this tournament."

The weather is reasonably cool, with temperatures in the mid-20s. The air is very still. The dimensions of the ground are 82 meters deep, with square boundaries that vary by 12 meters (62 meters and 74 meters).

The surface is quite bare since it’s the first game of the tournament, meaning the pitch is fresh. Despite some previous tournaments like the Women's T20 World Cup and the ILT20 leading to a worn pitch, this one looks good.

It hasn't seen much use, showing only small mosaic-like cracks. However, it may begin to tire and dry out towards the end of the game. According to the groundsman, there has been no dew this year.

India have lost 11 tosses in a row starting from the finals of World Cup 2023 - the joint most such sequence for a team in ODIs alongside the Netherlands who lost 11 between March 2011 and August 2013.

Meanwhile, South Korea were knocked out by the defending champions, India, with a 1-4 defeat in the semi-final. In their pool stage encounter, South Korea had previously played to a 2-2 draw against their next opponent, Pakistan.

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