Hello, welcome and thanks for joining our live coverage of the T20 international between India and Bangladesh.
It’s the third and final match of the series with the hosts leading 2-0 after victories in Gwalior and Delhi.
India have already won the 2024 T20 World Cup and their thoughts will soon be turning to the 50-over Champions Trophy, which will be staged in Pakistan in February.
I’m Kevin Hand and I’ll bring you all the latest news, insight and analysis as part of our live build-up to the match in Hyderabad.
Rohan Sharma will bring you the toss, teams and captains’ thoughts from the middle as well as the full text commentary of the game, which starts at 7pm local time (13:30 GMT).
India vs Bangladesh T20 series 2024 squads
Probable XI: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Nitish Reddy, Hardik Pandya/Jitesh Sharma, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana
Tactics & Matchups: Like in Delhi, India might want to get in more overs from their part-time bowlers. But while they bat, watch out for Abhishek Sharma, who was a revelation playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last IPL season. At this venue, the left-handed opener has 324 runs at a strike-rate of over 203
Tactics & Matchups: Like in Delhi, India might want to get in more overs from their part-time bowlers. But while they bat, watch out for Abhishek Sharma, who was a revelation playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last IPL season. At this venue, the left-handed opener has 324 runs at a strike-rate of over 203.
Delhi's heat has given way to some welcome showers in Hyderabad, but that might be the only surprise in store for this dead-rubber, with another belter of a track expected for the clash. Delhi was an evidence of how the gap between the teams seemed to widen on a flatter pitch and that trend could continue in Hyderabad, offering little respite to the visitors.
For India, with the series already sealed, the third and final T20I feels like an opportunity to test their bench strength. But don't expect a lack of intensity. Gautam Gambhir's competitive spirit is well known and assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate made it clear that the team has its sights set on a "5-0" clean sweep.
"Ideally yes, we want to finish with a win obviously. The messaging again from Gauti [Gautam Gambhir], the importance of each game playing for your country and also putting yourself under pressure every time. So there is absolutely no talk about not putting that as the focus for tomorrow. We want to win and complete a 5-0 series," Ryan said.
While India might have little to gain from this match, Bangladesh have much to lose. Their best day on the tour remains the opening day of the opening Test in Chennai, when the pacers dismantled India's top order in favourable conditions, and they are yet to cross the finishing line on this trip to India. Finishing on a winning note would be high up on their agenda, especially with one of their veterans in Mahmudullah saying goodbye to the format.
The Indian men’s cricket team will look to follow up its 2-0 Test series sweep over Bangladesh with another emphatic display in the three-match T20 series starting from Sunday.
The Shri Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium in Gwalior will host the first India vs Bangladesh T20 cricket match before the caravan shifts to the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on October 9.
The final match is scheduled at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad three days later.
Live streaming and live telecast of all three IND vs BAN T20 matches will be available in India.
Suryakumar Yadav will be india's captain for the series against Bangladesh. Suryakumar, along with senior team-mate Hardik Pandya, will need to shoulder the responsibility of guiding a very young and fresh-looking Indian side.
Under new coach Gautam Gambhir, the Indian cricket team is currently in the process of rebuilding its T20 setup after senior campaigners Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja retired from the format after the T20 World Cup earlier this year.
The 15-member Indian squad for the Bangladesh series includes three uncapped players, including young pace sensations Mayank Yadav and Harshit Rana. All rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy will also be in the mix for his India debut.
The likes of Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy and Sanju Samson will also get opportunities. Arshdeep Singh and Ravi Bishnoi will lead the bowling line-up in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah.
Najmul Hossain Shanto will continue to lead the visitors, who are set to welcome back all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz to the Bangladesh cricket team’s T20 setup after close to 14 months.
Litton Das, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed and Tanzim Hasan Sakib are also part of the 16-member squad.
India are currently at the top of the ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings while Bangladesh are ninth.
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