Even without their pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, India still pose a threat in the department with Mohammad Shami, Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana showing in the recent England series that they are quite capable of bearing the load. Add to that, the skills of pace allrounder Hardik Pandya, India are pretty much loaded in the department.

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India vs Bangladesh Pitch Report

The Dubai International Stadium pitch typically plays right into the hand of the seamers with the pitch providing assists to pacers like Shami who can hit the seam and generate movement. The variations of the Bengal pacer will come in handy throughout the tournament. The Indian team will still probably line up with three spinners and two pacers in Shami and Arshdeep given the surface’s propensity to assist spinners in the latter half of the match.

India vs Bangladesh Weather Report

The weather on the day of the match is expected to be overcast with AccuWeather predicting thickening clouds throughout the day. The temperature in the morning is expected to be 26 degrees, increasing to 27 degrees in the afternoon making it conducive o cricket. The cloud cover will remain in place in the evening as well with the temperature going down to 23 degrees.

Squads:

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Bangladesh: Nazmul Hossain Shanto (c), Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, MD Mahmud Ullah, Jaker Ali Anik, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Parvez Hossain Emon, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nahid Rana.